Democrats would not DARE to vote for Alito

[savemefromdumbya]

would they?

If they do they should be flung out of the party.

[jn2375]

1. agreed

[tritsofme]

2. He will probably get somewhere between 60-65 votes in the Senate.

That is my prediction.

[savemefromdumbya]

4. there had not be any Democrats in that 60-65

[seriousstan]

7. To get 60 - 65 votes there has to be Dems.

[tritsofme]

9. Surely there will be.

My count has

Baucus
Byrd
Conrad
Dorgan
Johnson
Landrieu
Lieberman
Lincoln
Nelson
Nelson
Pryor

As likely votes for confirmation.

[savemefromdumbya]

14. have they given an explanation?

[Jayhawk Lib]

3. I agree

that the ones who vote for Alito should be thrown out of the party and my guess there are some who should be flung.!

[savemefromdumbya]

5. What could Democrats possibly achieve by voting for such a

there must be a no vote or maybe they could ALL walk out in disgust?

[MrSlayer]

6. I'll be shocked if zero Democrats vote for him.

That's what should happen of course but I don't see it. Perhaps I'll be surprised.

[WildEyedLiberal]

8. Ben (?) Nelson sounded like he was going to

Of course, who knows - I like Reid but he needs to be more of a ballbuster. You did NOT go against the party in Lyndon Johnson's Democratic caucus, that was for fucking sure.

[tritsofme]

10. LBJ also had the power of a cohesive majority in the Senate

The closest thing we have to that today is the iron fist with which Republicans rule the House.

And I would still argue LBJ was more powerful.

Today Democrats are the minority in the Senate, and Reid doesn't have a lot of leverage. The situation is not comparable.

[WildEyedLiberal]

13. True enough

I don't think Reid is doing a bad job with the hand he's been dealt. Basically, we have a shit hand, and all we can do is play it the best we can.

[raysr]

11. They're more afraid

of the repukes than the people who put them there.

[PatsFan2004]

12. As I recall, a number of those DEMs voting yes come from

RED states like Nebraska and Louisiana and so on. I guess they are more concerned about the local voters than the leadership.

[debbierlus]

15. It doesn't matter WHAT they vote - FILIBUSTER only power they have

Voting no means NOTHING. The cons have the majority. The only way to TRULY vote no is to filibuster.

[savemefromdumbya]

16. Then whose decision is it NOT to filibuster? The DLC?