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| Roberts Confirmed 78 - 22 |
| 2005-09-29 |
| From Michelle Malkin's blog: 55 Republicans voted Yes. 23 Democrats voted Yes: Max Baucus of Montana Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico Robert Byrd of West Virginia Kent Conrad of North Dakota Russ Feingold of Wisconsin Tim Johnson of South Dakota Herb Kohl of Wisconsin Mary Landrieu of Louisiana Patrick Leahy of Vermont Ben Nelson of Nebraska Bill Nelson of Florida Mark Pryor of Arkansas Ken Salazar of Colorado Christopher Dodd of Connecticut Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut Byron Dorgan of North Dakota Carl Levin of Michigan Ron Wyden of Oregon Tom Carper of Delaware Patty Murray of Washington Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas James Jeffords (I) of Vermont 22 Democrats voted no: Evan Bayh of Indiana Joseph Biden of Delaware Barbara Boxer of California Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York Jon Corzine of New Jersey Mark Dayton of Minnesota Dick Durbin of Illinois Dianne Feinstein of California Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts John Kerry of Massachusetts Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey Barbara Mikulski of Maryland Barack Obama of Illinois Harry Reid of Nevada Charles Schumer of New York Debbie Stabenow of Michigan Jack Reed of Rhode Island Tom Harkin of Iowa Daniel Inouye of Hawaii Paul Sarbanes of Maryland Maria Cantwell of Washington Daniel Akaka of Hawaii |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #13 Hillary voted no - surprise surprise for the Moderate NY Senator.....bitch |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-09-29 18:33 |
| #12 Soooooooooo can somebody ask Senator Kennedy what time the Dark Cloud of Right Wing Oppression will be descending on America? I'm trying to plan my vacation... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2005-09-29 18:11 |
| #11 Evan Bayh of Indiana Joseph Biden of Delaware Barbara Boxer of California Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York Jon Corzine of New Jersey Mark Dayton of Minnesota Dick Durbin of Illinois Dianne Feinstein of California Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts John Kerry of Massachusetts Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey Barbara Mikulski of Maryland Barack Obama of Illinois Harry Reid of Nevada Charles Schumer of New York Debbie Stabenow of Michigan Jack Reed of Rhode Island Tom Harkin of Iowa Daniel Inouye of Hawaii Paul Sarbanes of Maryland Maria Cantwell of Washington Daniel Akaka of Hawaii Yah I noticed that a lot of the no votes are from the Northeast and the Land of Fruits and Nuts. Curiously Feingold* voted in favor which is likely to cost him some. But one thing I wish people would stop doing or expecting when a Justice or Chief Justice is nominated by either a conservative or a liberal sitting president. And that is expecting that those justices will always vote the way people expect. *There goes his support in PROM ( Peoples Republic of Madison |
| Posted by: Cheaderhead 2005-09-29 17:36 |
| #10 Here come da judge! |
| Posted by: Mike 2005-09-29 17:11 |
| #9 Interesting to note how 10 No votes (Biden, Clinton, Corzine, Kennedy, Kerry, Lautenberg, Mikulski, Reed, Sarbanes and Schumer, nearly 1/2 of the total) are from that distinctive section of the US known as the Northeast... |
| Posted by: Raj 2005-09-29 15:52 |
| #8 What's encouraging is the party-line vote on the Republican side. That's all we need to get a conservative to replace O'Connor. No messing around here - even Specter voted for Roberts. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2005-09-29 14:53 |
| #7 Live CSPAN 3...NOW |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-09-29 14:46 |
| #6 Congrats to Roberts and thank you Babs/Difi for showing the country how a Senator can really side with special interests against the best interests of the country. May they both rot in hell. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2005-09-29 14:29 |
| #5 Interesting mix of votes. BTW What about the 2005-06 SCOTUS Term? In the last two years, the votes have been like this : Conservative to liberal in the last two years : Cases 160 Pro Curia - (No Votes) 13 Leaving 147 True Unanimous 34 Leaving 113 Cases Within those 113 - Thomas 113 votes - 91.6% Conservative Scalia 112 votes - 87.5% Conservative Renquist 107 votes - 70.1% Conservative Kennedy 113 votes - 58.0% Conservative O'Connor 111 votes - 53.6% Conservative Breyer 112 votes - 22.8% Conservative Souter 113 votes - 17.7% Conservative Stevens 113 votes - 16.4% Conservative Ginzburg 113 votes - 15.0% Conservative |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-09-29 13:28 |
| #4 I don't get it--I thought Biden had complimented Roberts ("You're the best we've seen," or some such remark he made), and he's one of the nay-sayers? Oh, well, 78-22 is pretty damn impressive! |
| Posted by: Dar 2005-09-29 13:13 |
| #3 Sorry, ArmyGuy, I did try... |
| Posted by: Raj 2005-09-29 12:45 |
| #2 kerry/kennedy,a couple of MASSHOLES!!!! |
| Posted by: ARMYGUY 2005-09-29 12:34 |
| #1 That leaves a bit of egg on Tom Oliphant's face (Op-Ed columnist, Boston Globe): The only suspense left is whether Roberts will exceed 70 yes votes, because the question has split Democrats (a compliment more to Roberts's skill as a witness than to President Bush's vision in nominating him). ... Most of us are taking the traditional leap of faith. But whenever Kennedy sails against the wind, I have the well-founded suspicion that he's probably right -- again. * - Paid for by the John Kerry School of Decisiveness and Conviction. |
| Posted by: Raj 2005-09-29 11:47 |