thing, he is so controversial and such a political target for democrats, particularly after the ben ghazi investigation, the confirmation process in the senate and any judge would have to be confirmed, would be pretty high visibility. >> dana: i would say in south carolina, in a state where that wouldn't be a problem. obviously that's a pretty safe republican seat. before i let you go, last night you were asked to give instant analysis of the state of the union. after sleeping on it, do you have any other thoughts this morning as we wrap it up here? >> well, briefly, i think that part of the problem -- and i mentioned this last night -- is how it was sold. sat down, listened to the president's speech, i would have thought it's a pretty strong speech in which the president is taking a victory lap on a strong economic performance, on the appointment of conservative judges, especially neil gorsuch, on the progress of foreign policy, especially with isis. the thing that i think threw me off and perhaps some other people off is there was all this talk about unity and reaching across the aisle