harmful attempt to score political points. go ahead and weigh in on what's going on here. >> i think the reason they said he feelsn't qualified, not sure how you score political points by denying employment to the fed board, the fed just wants a nobel prize. just a case of out and out obstruction if the truth be known. and maybe the nobel committee knew this and wanted to make him look ridiculous. who knows. >> he's a distinguished -- he's a distinguished professor. 70 years old. he's been teaching a lot of economists over the years, ed. go ahead. >> including the chairman of the fed reserve. this is inside baseball. one senator can hold up somebody. senator shelby had some concerns about the monetary policy. but someone else put a hold on it. at the end of the day, he'll be cleared. he's got a vote out of the committee in three republicans join the majority of the democrats to vote him out.