ms. bonitez in on this. is that something that could cause her trouble? >> it is an issue that will come up but i don't expect it will cause her trouble. she is someone who is i am -- eminently qualified. where you started off is exactly right. she will be confirmed. confirmed not because there are more democrats than republicans in congress or in the senate but because she is extremely qualified. she has more experience than any justice has had in the last 100 years. >> she comes to the questions tomorrow, did we all know about that. the big case, ritchie case, the connecticut firefighters will be coming up over and over again. how does judge sotomayor defend a decision that was repudiated by the people she will be colleagues with on the supreme court. >> well, it wasn't repudiated. it was a supreme court simply adopted a new standard. which the court has its perorogative to do. >>> i think mr. alt disagrees. it is almost an exaggeration to say the second circuit decided. her own colleague, a clinton appointee chastised the court for failing to give the