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They will figure it out. >> and its hard for paul ryan without thinking he is going to have the 216 -- >> the way these things work, paul ryan will never allow this to lose. if they think they will lose, they wont bring it up. its never going to be -- >> yeah, but even if they cancel the vote, thats a setback. >> its certainly a setback but allows them to keep pushing on it. seems to me based on how these things work, there will not be a negative vote. >> its fascinating, and i agree, the speake...

Theres a new list and youre on it. i dont know about that. i dont think -- you didnt know. i dont think -- we were all surprised. anyway, we are where we are. >> okay. tell me about the process that led to your nomination. did anyone ask you to make any promises or assurances at all about your view on certain legal issues or the way that youd rule in certain cases? >> senator, i think youd be reassured by the process that unfolded. i try to live under a shell during the campaign season. watch ba...

Theres also prong two and three, and what this actually looks like if its passed, will it be a political liability once its passed, if its even passed. >> rick santorum you served in the senate from pennsylvania, and what do you think? >> the house members are mad and they have every right to be mad, because paul ryan is doing something differently, and that is when the house introduces the bill you put the most conser conservative thing that could pass, and ryan didnt do that, and he thought he...

Ago. i wasnt about to become party to such a thing. and i am here to report you should be reassured because no one in the process, by the time i was contacted, was an expression for interest for a potential interview, no one in that process asked me for any commitments or promises about how id rule in any kind of case. >> and thats the way it should be. so weve just discussed your independence from the president, but theres also independence from the legislative branch. its odd that some of the ...

Go ahead. >> thats right. this book was put out by the national academy of public administration that i formerly led and its a blueprint for nominees as they go through the process, and it covers the prenomination process, and the post nomination process and the confirmation process. it can be very intimidating -- >> hes arriving there now, and meeting with the senators, judge gorsuch, but go ahead. >> it could be intimidating and it could help familiarize them with how the process works. >> he ...

He also got some support, some other witnesses spoke in his favor, including jeffrey, a well-known democratic lawyer who praised him and had high words for him. >> a big surprise to a lot of people in the washington legal communities. the former solicitor general under barack obama, very active in fighting the bush administration on guantanamo, but he embraced judge gorsuch, and thats a sign of which way the wind is blowing. >> the whole question is not whether he is going to be confirmed, hes g...

Here domestically as well as situations were facing in the middle east. i know a lot of people are excited to hear if vice president biden decides to run to hear him lay out whats in his heart and where he would take our country if he decides that. >> youve been very critical of the democrats handling committee in terms of this prenomination process, there are only a total of six debates. we have five more to go. do you think that the democratic party should add more debates with or without joe ...