now, do you know greg craig? >> will say one thing, senator graham. >> please. >> it just feels a lot different from here than it felt from back there. >> i bet it does. >> it feels a lot different when you're the nominee, too, doesn't it? and if it didn't, i'd really be worried about it. do you know greg craig? >> i do. >> who is he? >> he was previously the will counsel to the president. >> do you know him well, pretty well? >> you know, okay, yeah. >> he's a good guy. i'm not trying to trick you. >> pretty well. >> i don't have anything against greg. i like him fine. he said may 16th that you -- that you're largely a progressive in the mold o obama himself. do you agree with that? >> senator graham, you know, in terms of my political view, i've been a democrat all my life i've worked for two democratic presidents, and those are, you know, that's -- that's what my political views are. >> and would you consider them -- your political views progressive? >> my political views are generally progressive, generally -

now, do you know greg craig? >> i will say one thing, senator graham. >> please. >> itust feels a lot different from here than it felt from back there. >> i bet it does. >> it feels a lot different when you're the nominee, too, doesn't it? and if it didn't, i'd really be worried about it. do you know greg craig? >> i do. >> who is he? >> he was previously the will counsel to the president. >> do you know him well, pretty well? >> you know, okay, yeah. >> he's a good guy. i'm not trying to trick you. >> pretty well. >> i don't have anything against greg. i like him fine. he said may 16th that you -- that you're largely a pgressive in the mold of obama himself. do you agree with that? >> senator graham, you know, in terms of my political view, i've been a democrat all my life. i've worked for two democratic presidents, and those are, you know, that's -- that's what my political views are. >> and would you consider them -- your political views progressive? >> my political views are generally progressive, generally -

greg craig, the former chief council to president obama who's known you for sometime, i understand, said of you -- she's largely a progressive in the mold of obama himself, close quote. do you agree with that? >> well, senator sessions, i'm not quite sure how i would characterize my politics. but one thing i do know is that my politics would be, must be, have to be, completely separate from my judging. and i -- i agree with you to the extent that you're saying, look, judging is about considering the case that comes before you, the parties that comes before you, listening to the arguments they make, reading the briefs they file, and then considering how the law applies to their case. how the law applies to their case -- not how your own personal views, not how your own political views might suggest, you know, a -- anything about the case. but what the law says, whether it's the constitution or whether it's a statute. now sometimes that's a hard question -- what the law says. and sometimes judges can disagree about that question. but the question is always -- what the law says. and if it's