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>> i think that there is a process. that process needs to be fair. it needs to be open. we all, every member of the united states senate has an equal obligation to thoroughly vet this nominee. >> that was senator murkowski there, the other potential swing vote who has been historically focussed on this issue. she describes herself as pro-choice. >> and kavanaugh's comments you played just a few minutes ago saying he wouldn't throw out roe v. wade basically give both of these republicans plausible deniability to say, look, he said this publicly. i'm going to back him because he says he's going ...

Senators that are in the middle. susan collins, lisa murkowski on the republican side. on the democratic side, several red-state democrats. trump won states by double digits who were up for re-election. as you noted, those senators, as we expected, keeping their powder dry. that really underscores we're in for a lengthy process. obviously the full-on blitz started frankly even before brett kavanaugh was nominated. you're going to have millions of dollars in outside money trying to influence those senators, trying to pressure those senators. you're going to have grassroots on both sides try to ...

Quickly. but it's going to be thorough. it's going to be done right. and try to do what we can to accommodate everybody's interests. in the end, i think his record speaks for itself. we thank you all very much. >> a little hard to hear over all clicking sounds there, but that is chuck grassley. he's the chairman of the judiciary committee. he will be running the confirmation hearings for brett kavanaugh. the gist of what he said was there's going to be a thorough process. obviously he didn't say, okay, i'm in, but he sort of alluded to that, saying he has a good record that speaks for itself.

He's a respected jurist and so on and so forth. you know, this is about as standard and conventional as we see of any process in the trump administration. this happens in every administration, democrat or republican. you do the nominee. the next day they go up to the hill and do the meet and greets and say words without really saying much before the cameras. >> i think this is because this is the -- sort of the kbbiggest part of trump's administration that he's farmed out to another group of folks, that being the federalist society. this is sort of the result, the fruit of a really earnest eff...