Here comes the vote on Brown!

[Coexist]

Mr. Akaka....

[ncrainbowgrrl]

1. Mrs. Dole ...

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Which of our glorious Dems will roll over

and show their soft white bellies? Landrieu? Nelson? Who else?

[ncrainbowgrrl]

4. Which Nelson, ocelot? n/t

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. Nebraska Nelson.

He seems to have trouble remembering there's a (D) after his name.

[ncrainbowgrrl]

52. You were right (n/t)

[No Michael Savage]

10. Nelson....Landrieu....

Throw in Pryor and maybe Lieberman.

[acmejack]

Liebermann, Salazar

[Idioteque]

3. Any predictions?

I'll predict 56-44 with Chafee joining us and Ben Nelson and Landrieu voting to confirm.

[flpoljunkie]

8. First they call all the Senators' names. Inouye voted no! Great!

[fooj]

9. Landrieu is a walking contradiction, isn't she?

:eyes:

[rateyes]

16. Just a guess, and haven't

watched any of the debate to hear what each has said, but if I had my guess, we hold on to Landrieu, and the repukes hold on to Chafee. Ben Nelson votes to confirm. Total--Yes on confirmation--56-44

[Coexist]

5. why no tally, am I missing something?

[flpoljunkie]

6. Brown was appointed to the Supreme Court by Rep. Gov Pete Wilson in 1996

She was not re-elected in 1998. She received a 76% retention vote in 1998. This is the way we do it in Florida. Governors appoint Supreme Court judges, but they must stand for retention periodically, in a state wide vote.

She is corporate America's wet dream--cannot imagine her losing any Rethug votes.

[Coexist]

11. who else was on the No?

Boxer, Reed, Inouye.

[flpoljunkie]

14. Sarbanes, I believe. Add Feingold.

[Coexist]

12. Feingold - No; Durbin - No; Graham, - Aye

[ticapnews]

13. No running totals, but what I have heard so far...

Aye: Coburn, Cochran, Frist, Issacson, McConnell, Warner, Graham
Nay: Boxer, Inouye, Reid, Sarbanes

[Coexist]

15. Akaka - No; Stevens - Aye;

I wish I had a handy scorecard. Someone here should make one!

[Coexist]

17. Dodd - No; Leahy - No

[gaspee]

18. 16 ayes so far

And Grassley just made 17...

I'm keeping a running count of the ayes.

[ticapnews]

19. Baucus, No.

I am on TiVo, about 2 minutes behind the live feed :P
TiVoing C-SPAN2...what a geek

[Coexist]

21. my kinda geek, though!

[rateyes]

22. Rockefeller, no

[rateyes]

25. Dorgan, No Johnson, No Dole, Aye Lieberman, no

[TahitiNut]

20. No surprises yet.

Reichbots seem to be doing some arm-twisting of their own.

[flpoljunkie]

23. Conrad, The Dems "Green EyeShade" Man from very red state votes "NO!"

[Coexist]

24. Lieberman - NO!!!!!

[ticapnews]

26. Schumer, Kennedy, Bingeman, Biden, no. Burns, Aye

[Coexist]

27. are you keeping a tally by any chance?

[flpoljunkie]

28. All Rethugs voting Aye so far; All Dems voting No, except Nelson, NE!

[Coexist]

29. McCain - aye; Kerry, Obama - No

[gaspee]

30. 41

McCain made 41 Ayes

[flpoljunkie]

42. Salazar and Byrd, No!

[ticapnews]

31. I haven't heard any Dems break ranks yet...

or Republicans, unfortunately.

[ticapnews]

34. So much for that...Nelson (NE) Aye.

[No Michael Savage]

39. Nelson from Nebraska voted "yes"...

How could he?

[TahitiNut]

45. Now we'll hear the Reichbots claim "Bipartisan support and Confirmation"

Bastard!

[cornermouse]

32. McCain, Brownback, Chaffee, Snow, Aye

[TahitiNut]

33. Snowe, Collins, and Chafee ... Aye

[Mass]

35. Nelson (NE) aye

[Rainbowreflect]

Damn him!

I am so sick of this man I will vote for anyone else next time around.

[tritsofme]

36. Ben Nelson voted aye.

Great.....

[Coexist]

38. he's a jackass

[ticapnews]

37. Landrieu voted no.

Clinton, No.
Thune, Aye.

[No Michael Savage]

41. Byrd-NO!

[tritsofme]

40. 52 votes, Brown confirmed

by my tally so far

[Coexist]

43. oh well

there goes that.

[cornermouse]

44. So much for "The Nuclear Option Deal" that was a thinly disguised

giveaway. Those who thought there was some sort of deal where one of the three would not be confirmed... Yeah right.

[sinkingfeeling]

47. Some people think that the William Pryor is the worst of the 3.

[cornermouse]

51. Uh huh.

That's why they kept their knowledge of Pryor a deep dark secret and spent all their time talking about Owens and Rogers Brown.

[acmejack]

49. Even if there were the repugs would violate it

I wouldn't trust these aholes any further than I could throw the collective lot of them. I still think we accomplished nothing by the "deal" to save the rules of the Senate, we can't take many more victories. In fact it looks suspiciously like defeat with none of the upside of having fought the good fight.

Am I merely a jaded old cynic?

[cornermouse]

50. I don't think so. I think you're right on all counts.

[tritsofme]

46. Ayes have it 56-43 nt

[sinkingfeeling]

48. Only one Dem...Ben Nelson voted 'aye'?