very measured studied guy who will be well prepared for these hearings and will be well prepared to do what all supreme court nominees in modern times have been trained to do, which is to say very very little and to not tip their hand at all about how things would go. as to the polls, fascinating polls, that only a third of the people in that first poll said that the vote should come now. that's obviously a reflection of -- arthel: that poll said 50% said the vote should come before the election. >> i see, 50%. i think the fact that it is even that split is interesting that only half think it should come before the election, the other half either not sure or said it should come after. obviously the reflection of what happened with obama and the vacancy with justice scalia. very fascinating to me. arthel: yes. if you can give me 30 seconds on this one, will the recent indictments of the 12 russians for meddling in the 2016 presidential election affect