if you noticed jerry moran, a very conservative senator from kansas who is up for reelection, he said, we ought to hold a hearing. the club for growth and others came down hard on him and said maybe it was time for a primary challenge. the next day, jerry moran was saying, not only should we not hold a hearing, but this guy is a dangerous leftist. that is the problem that mitch mcconnell has. if we get to october and the cnn results are still what we have, it is going to be a debacle. republicans are looking out there and believing that very possibly the day after the election, president obama said the voters should choose, so i am withdrawing this nomination, and i will let the next president, hillary clinton, pick a nominee. they may well come in october, and especially if chuck grassley is underwater in iowa, go ahead and confirm. if he kept t nomination, i think it may happen in a lame-duck. what i think is happening now is republicans in the senate having said, we should let that go. that wouldn't filibuster for an extended period of time, any nominee from hillary clinton. we cou