till this point to even have them nominated to this level. >> can we talk about that, laura? because you know a couple of women on the short list. tell us about them. >> i was a year behind at princeton one of them, judge candice jackson. and even then at 17 years old i can tell you that her intellectual might was apparent. and even thenna mong her peer group it was quite clear about the destiny who was before her. and justice wilhemina wright, goes by mimi wright, out of my home state of minnesota. holding the bench at the state appellate level, at the supreme court level, and now as a federal district judge. the work of sherrilyn ifill is well known in the civil rights world. and i could go on with every single person who is even on the short list singing their praises. and none of their qualifications can be questioned. yet and still i'm sure you can imagine the state of affairs that people are already trying to impute something negative towards them or question whether