Someone please keep score on Senators.

[Betsy Ross]

Some folks, including myself are missing some or all of the Senate confirmation hearing. Can someone please keep score of the Senator's comments and votes so we can send the appropriate messages to them.

[Pam-Moby]

1. I just starting watching again...had a late Doctors appointment

so I missed a lot of it. Is C-span going to cover it again on replay later?

[chomskysright]

2. here is some score card info...

http://www.citizen.org/congress/delay/articles.cfm?ID=12644

[Pirate Smile]

3. No's so far - Kerry, Boxer, Kennedy, Byrd, Bayh, Dayton, Levin, Reed

Durbin?

I don't think Durbin made it perfectly clear but it sounded like a NO.

Is that right, everybody?

[sabra]

4. I think Durbin is on the bubble... ?

[BayCityProgressive]

5. BAYH IS VOTING NO????????

ARE YOU SHITTING ME? HE IS USUALLY A BIG REPUBLICAN ASS SUCKER.

[BayCityProgressive]

6. Senator Reed is also voting NO

[Pirate Smile]

11. Right, I don't know why I left him out. I also didn't count correctly so

I edited that out. Duhh!:silly:

[DrGonzoLives]

7. Shocking, I know

Maybe dad convinced him to take an unpopular stand for once in his life? Who knows...

[Pirate Smile]

9. Yes, he is. He gave a good speech and everything. I think he is running

for Prez in 2008.

[B0S0X87]

23. Not when it comes to confirmation votes, apparently

He also voted against Ashcroft and Norton in 2000.

[sandnsea]

10. Jack Reed said no

Pretty sure I heard that a bit ago.

[genius]

19. Harry Reid's voting no?

[Pirate Smile]

20. Jack Reed - Dem of RI not Harry. Harry didn't speak so I assume he will

be a yes.

[genius]

22. Is it too late for Senators to say they meant to vote for Reed for

minority leader and thought the i was a typo?

[Pirate Smile]

24. LOL. I think Harry is actually doing a good job so far. He set up a War

Room, they are posting on DailyKos now, the Senate Dems will do their own investigations because they can't get the Rethugs to investigate anything, etc. I've been impressed with some of his changes.

[yourout]

8. Any word on Feingold's vote?

I will really be pissed if he votes yes.

[SmileMaker]

12. Did I miss Kerry?

I am switching back and forth from Randi to Cspan at work - the Rethugs are so revolting! :puke:

[Pirate Smile]

15. He hasn't gone yet but he should be next. He may be the last to speak.

They have a couple open spots for an "unnamed" Democrat if anyone changes their mind.

[BayCityProgressive]

13. Im betting feingold will be a YES

He believes any presidential appointments should be approved. I strongly disagree with him however I like him so much I won't hold it against him. I know he isn't a DINO. I really can see two sides to this and as long as the dems who vote "yes" dont attack the liberals who vote "no" i wont be too mad.

[Hippo_Tron]

16. I'll take a NAY on the Patriot Act over a NAY on Rice any day

Russ is awesome.

[Pirate Smile]

14. He voted yes in the Committee so I doubt he would vote no.

[genius]

21. That slime.

[Telly Savalas]

17. In addition to her obvious NO vote, Sen. Boxer...

made a very impressive presentation. I only caught about 10 minutes from the middle of it, but she was laying out a detailed exposition of Rice's contradictions and errors with regards to the invasion of Iraq. The type of work she was doing today is what I think our opposition should look like for the next few years. She was calm and respectful. (She even gave props to Sen. Lugar for his job of overseeing the committee hearing.) She went out her way to say that it's not her habit to try and block nominations, but that this was a special case. Her critiques weren't ideologically driven, so she was speaking for the whole party, not just its left-wing. Yet she was persistant and forceful in her demands for accountability from the executive branch.

Tactically it was a smart move. Obviously Rice is getting the nomination, and I personally don't give a rat's ass who votes YES or NO. Nevertheless, it's good to exploit every opportunity we can to rub the Bush Administration's nose in it's own poo.

[Betsy Ross]

18. Thanks all for the comments and link to a score card.

Not bad response to my 17th post!

[goobergunch]

25. Here's what I have so far

Based on floor statements, committee votes, and other things I've heard:

ALEXANDER   YEA
ALLEN       YEA
BAYH        NAY
BIDEN       YEA
BOXER       NAY
BROWNBACK   YEA
BYRD        NAY
CHAFEE      YEA
COLEMAN     YEA
CORNYN      YEA
DAYTON      NAY
DODD        YEA
FEINGOLD    YEA
FEINSTEIN   YEA
FRIST       YEA
HAGEL       YEA
HUTCHISON   YEA
INHOFE      YEA
KENNEDY     NAY
KERRY       NAY
LEVIN       NAY
LIEBERMAN   YEA
LUGAR       YEA
MARTINEZ    YEA
McCONNELL   YEA
MURKOWSKI   YEA
NELSON (FL) YEA
OBAMA       YEA
REED (RI)   YEA
SALAZAR     YEA
SARBANES    YEA
SESSIONS    YEA
STABENOW    YEA
STEVENS     YEA
SUNUNU      YEA
VOINOVICH   YEA
WARNER      YEA
YEA 29    NAY 8

It's safe to assume that all of the Republicans will be voting in favor; don't know about all of the Dems, but we could probably get a few more if I had the time. We'll know starting at 11:30 AM tomorrow....