joining me now are dan pfeiffer, cohost of "positive america" and former white house senior adviser to president obama and claire mccaskill, senator from missouri and current msnbc political analyst. dan and claire, thank you both for being here tonight. claire, let me just start with you, in terms of -- it is drinking from a fire hose, quite literally, something became adept at in 2016, but this seems like it is a different order of magnitude, and i wonder how you are picking and choosing where to focus both your concern and rage? >> well, that's hard. i feel like i'm halfway between -- you know, in a fetal position, depressed, and enraged, like every 10 minutes. it is a hell of a roller coaster ride, right now. but, let me just say this, on these nominees, every senator will have to cast a vote. first, many of them will have to cast votes in committee. and then, there will be a hearing, and the democratic senators will have a lot of things to talk about in those hearings. and hopefully, they get covered widely by all stripes of media. not just on our network, but on fox news, and on