me to listen to justice breyer today because his optimism may be infectious. i hope so. but i would hope that whoever is chosen gets to go before the senate and talk about her qualifications, her record, what she's done, what she believes, and as much as she can do that. i don't for a minute believe that it isn't going to get nasty. i don't -- all supreme court fights do get nasty, as we know from recent history. but i would hope it is about the person, the character, as biden was saying today, the person's integrity, the person's rulings. and you don't know if you're ever going to stick to that. all these things seem to go off course, as we know from history. but we also know one thing here that is a big difference. and republicans will fight their fight. dirchd kinds of republicans are