huckabee sanders got a tryout last week for two days even though the stated reason from the white house was that press secretary spicer was doing his naval reserve duty, and by a lot of accounts, she at least was a more steady presence in the briefing room than spicer has been on some occasions. i think that going back to the transition, when the white house wanted our cnn colleague jason miller to be communications director, i think his presence is probably missed, because he was someone who demonstrated that he was pretty capable at running that com shop on the campaign. i don't know who else they'd look to. if you're a communications professional now, poppy, you kind of know where you're getting into. it's a tumultuous situation and you have to want that job and know how you're going to attack it differently than spicer. >> i think they knew what they were getting into from the campaign. it's largely been similar but i take your point. i hear your point. david and rebecca, and paul,