NBC's First Read reports Baucus will now vote for Sotomayor

[flpoljunkie]

BAUCUS TO VOTE FOR SOTOMAYOR

Posted: Friday, July 31, 2009 12:54 PM by Mark Murray

From NBC's Mark Murray

Earlier today, we clipped a piece from The Hill that quoted Senate Finance Committee Max Baucus (D) -- whose work on health care so far has frustrated some liberal Democrats -- saying he had "no idea" whether he'll vote for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor.

“I haven’t paid any attention and I haven’t announced," he told the Capitol Hill publication. "I’ve been so busy with health care. It’s under consideration. I’ll certainly know when I vote, but right now I can’t tell you.”

Well, he's now telling us -- he's voting for her.

"I have long said that to be a Supreme Court Justice a person must meet three main criteria: personal integrity, professional competence, and a view of important issues that is within the mainstream of contemporary judicial thought," Baucus said in a statement. "After personally meeting Judge Sotomayor, thoroughly analyzing her judicial record, and reviewing her nomination hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Judge Sotomayor unquestionably meets each of these criteria. Thus, I am proud to support her nomination and will vote to confirm her as a Justice to the United States Supreme Court.”

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/07/31/2016505.aspx

[alcibiades_mystery]

1. Thank God for small favors...

:rofl:

[madaboutharry]

2. I wish I could have eavesdropped on that

phone call from RAHMBO!

[Pirate Smile]

3. Of course, he will. Why was he even so stupid in answering that question initially.

dumbass

[KansDem]

4. Maybe the threat of yanking a few more gavels should go out to the Dems...

Might help to get the "fence sitters" down off on the left side of the fence...

[Arkana]

5. Good boy.

[WI_DEM]

6. so he met with her and "thoroughly reviewed her record" since this morning?