here. let's look at them right here on the wall. kate balduan and mark stand by, we're coming to you. kate, you're stand by in washington. you're there as well, mark. kate, i know you're just up and ready now. what's the word there and what's the feel in washington? we just listened to your report about who she is. >> you've been hearing it from all our colleagues. this isn't entirely surprising. we did have those four leading candidates, of course, no one ever knows, but many people have said before, it was elena kagan's to lose. everyone really saw her as the front-runner in this. and now if she is the nominee, and of course, again, we have to reiterate, we are working to confirm that it won't be entirely a surprise. i find it interesting, though, don, in talking about the position that she would be coming from if she is the nominee, from solicitor general, she's argued three cases so far in in front of the supreme