harry lippmann, former assistant attorney general during the clinton administration. matt mclarty, chairman of mclarty associates. matt, you worked on the ginsburg and breyer nominations. one thing that hasn't changed, the nominee has to pass through a senate vote. given the political reality that the president surprises us and either goes off the list altogether orleans toward one of the most moderate choices on the list? >> i hope it's the latter, i hope the president has listened carefully to senators collins and murkowski of his own party. you have some emotion on this from the democratic side because judge merrick garland, a very accomplished jurist, was not confirmed in kind of an unfortunate situation. you've got some real cross