i've been told that christie yesterday had already set his sights on former governor tom keane sr. t's the moderate governor of new jersey. that's the person he thinks would be best able to serve in this interim appointment. the question, though, remains whether keane wants to do it. he's not to be confused with tom keane jr., who lost a senate race a few years ago by about eight or nine points. keane would be a strong pick. the reason he wants to get this thing kicked off early, as you say, though, is there will be court challenges. democrats and republicans don't see eye to eye on the strategy behind this. republicans would like an interim senator to serve through november 2014 so that they could have at least an assured republican vote through that period. democrats want a special election as early as possible. the calculation that christie has to go on, does he want a special election on november 2013, this year, when he's also on the ballot? that's something that could actually help drive democrats to the polls and possibly jeopardize his re-election bid. >> meanwhile, there ar

there is speculation that it could be tom kean sr. says the name of that state in a way in a no one else does any more. take a listen to this. >> obama: opposition this is about political obstruction. >> michael: he says it so much that he sounds like barack obama. he does say tom kean, and i'll have back up on this, he says new jersey, new jersey new jersey. the name has come up quite a few times. the republican party has asked him to run for senate in seven elections between 1988 to 2006. but he never did run. now he's being talked about as the republican nominee for the final election. whatever happens with the rules and the importance of the position there could be lawsuits and as christie eloquently said today, in new jersey people sue over everything. >>> today the president opened a new front by nominating three judges to the dc court of appeals considered the second most powerful court in the nation. the president's picks would move him to the left. he nominateed mena pillard and patricia ana millet, and judge robert wilkins.