at the last moment slade gordon changed his mind, voted for daniel mannion and you know what, slade gordon lost his seat that year. if you look back to anita hill, clarence thomas, after that huge bruising fight and hearing, a number of democrats who voted for clarence thomas faced a very hostile crowd back home. fowler in georgia lost his ace. alan dixon was up for trying to e re-elected in illinois and he lost his seat over this particular issue. so, voters are paying attention, particularly at the supreme court level. and because there is so much more engagement and more excitement, at least on the progressive side, i think that this will be a huge issue. host: three minutes left. last question from each of you. siobhan: i wonder if the risk is you end up energizing an already energized democratic base but don't expand the pool of the public that might have oncerns. nan: my assumption is based on a lot of experience in this is that, once people come to understand who brett kavanaugh is and what he stands for and the threats that he would pose to all of our rights and liberties, not just

gordonlast minute, slade changed his mind and voted for daniel gordon, -- daniel manion, and you know slade gorton lost his seat. there have been a number of cases like this. alan dixon was up to try to be reelected to the seat in illinois. lost to seek over this particular issue. attention,re paying particularly at the supreme court level, and because there is so much more engagement, so much more excitement, at least on the progressive side, i think this will be a huge issue. >> "washington journal" continues. host: and it is open phones up until 10:00 eastern. (202) 748-8000 for democrats, (202) 748-8001 republicans, and all others, (202) 748-8002. talkopic you want to about, some of the things we talked about this morning, including trade and tariffs, abolishing i.c.e., the president's visit, and more. "new york of the fentany times," the special counsel investigating russian interference in the 2016 election issued an indictment of 12 russian intelligence officers friday in the hacking of the democratic national committee in the clinton presidential campaign. the indictment came