for or against mike pompeo. those on the senate foreign relations committee that i've spoken to the last few days say they're glad he's willing to do this. it shows that he does have the president's trust and would be someone that could handle these very sensitive things. but it is not in and of itself enough to convince people who had problems with his record over a longer term, with comments that he's made about american muslims or the values of diplomacy over the long term to switch their votes. the short-term big problem for pompeo right now is rand paul, to be quite honest. and the democrats on the foreign relations are committee who amongst themselves can make it, if not -- certainly cannot stop him from moving to the floor but can make it very embarrassing for him as potentially the first secretary of state -- as long as we've been doing this, to come through that committee with an unfavorable recommendation. that's why you see the president leaning on rand paul yesterday. a lot of other republican senators pushing rand paul to vote yes for the president's man