sides of the aisle to try to influence the vote. when you go from a case where republicans have said in the earlier iteration of any allegation coming forward, it's a smear campaign, to, today, when they're seeing a living, breathing person telling her story in a way that many people are finding credible, it allows the time for the absorption of how people assess this in order to, if, in fact, there will be votes that peel away, as andrea was discussing, potentially john kennedy, based on his comments, or others. lindsey graham has been the pit bull for the president on this nomination. lots of other senators are not in that position. so they've had a chance to not have to interact directly with this witness. so there's no awkward video moment that will live for two generations. if you're a c-span fan like i am, the entire anita hill hearing just replayed last night. and it also allows for republicans to take this in and prepare, if it comes to a point where the president decides to make a replacement, they have