while you might say those senators that are keeping their powder dry aren't committing to anything, well, frankly, they shouldn't. there are more than 300 decisions that judge kavanaugh wrote. there's obviously a lengthy paper trail from his time in the bush administration that democrats are extremely interested in and republicans will have to go through as well. there's a lot of work to be done here, no question about it. there's also going to be a lot of pressure and a lot of fireworks over the course of the next couple weeks as everybody pushes toward that final vote. >> a lengthy paper trail, one that the senator majority leader was a bit concerned about. we'll talk about that and more. thank you so much for that reporting, phil. here at the table to share their reporting and their insights, cnn's abby phillip, michael warren with the weekly standard, and politico's rachel bate. i don't know about you all. it was like something went off. the minute kavanaugh walked out, my phone was almost smoking it was so active. e-mail after e-mail after e-mail. the system almost couldn't keep