Sen. Susan Collins to announce her vote on Sotomayor confirmation tomorrow morning, Thune is a "no."

[usregimechange]

Thune is the ninth senator since the hearings ended Thursday to officially announce how he will vote. He joins Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Sen. Robert Bennett, R-Utah, who also announced their opposition. Other senators to officially say "no" so far are Jim Bunning of Kentucky, James Inhofe of Oklahoma, and Sam Brownback and Pat Roberts of Kansas.

Assuming that all Democrats line up to vote yes (none have said they will vote no), the three Republicans who announced Friday their intent to vote yes -- Mel Martinez of Florida, Olympia Snowe of Maine and Richard Lugar of Indiana -- have guaranteed at least 61 votes for Sotomayor (assuming that ailing Democratic Sens. Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts and Robert Byrd of West Virginia miss the vote). Two Judiciary Committee Democrats, Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania and Ben Cardin of Maryland, also released statements on Friday expressing their intent to vote yes.

Moderate Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine told reporters today that she will announce her vote tomorrow morning. She is expected to support Sotomayor, despite raising some concerns about the nominee's "wise Latina woman" remark after their meeting in early June.

http://ninthjustice.nationaljournal.com/2009/07/thune-is-seventh.php

[Tangerine LaBamba]

1. What a bunch of little shits they are!

White guys who aren't fit to carry Sotomayor's briefcase.

I'm starting to think that these GOPigs are terminal. They're just too fucking stupid to grasp how the game has changed or how to adapt their game to the twenty-first century.....................................

[Telly Savalas]

3. Why get angry.

These guys are a good barometer. Without having to dig too deeply into Sotomayor's record, I see that Thune doesn't like her and I can quickly determine that she's probably a pretty good candidate.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

4. Nothing like a negative recommendation, huh?

His disapproval is a good bet that she's great.

Agreed.

But I resent - as a woman, as an attorney, as someone who had to put up with pricks like this guy all my professional life - that a woman of such towering accomplishments should be subjected to the disapproval of a meaningless little schmuck like Thune. Or the rest of those trolls.............................

[DefenseLawyer]

8. I don't think they are a barometer of anything.

Thune and his ilk are voting no so they can tell the right to life crowd that he stood upon to Obama's baby killing nominee in their next fund raising letter. It has zero to do with whether he thinks she is qualified or not.

[Telly Savalas]

11. I guess you have a point.

Thune sees "pro-choice" and nothing else matters.

Nevertheless I'm not going to get worked up over the guy. If he actually had power to stop Sotomayor, I may get upset by him, but in the absence of this I really don't care.

[bumblebee1]

7. Carry Sotomayor's brief case?

Hell, they're not fit to lift her gavel.

[bdamomma]

9. whiny a$$ babies, what ignorance

watch their approval ratings drop some more.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

13. I hope so,

but they're playing to their respective bases, and those bases are defined by racism and narrow minds..............

[rurallib]

2. Thune votes no. What a surprise.

Is there an assumption that Lieberman will vote Yes? Is the "Connecticut for Lieberman Party" worried about the Latino vote?

[Blasphemer]

12. Hah! It's probably a safe assumption... he's been fairly quiet lately... nt

[marmar]

5. Is it just me or does Susan Collins always sound like she's about to cry?

n/t

[johnfunk]

6. Thune is a "no." Thune is also a "douchebag."

[fujiyama]

10. I'd be curioud to see how senators from states with large latino populations will vote

Granted, the Latino populations from NM, NV, AZ, and TX aren't from PR, but nevertheless it seems crazy to vote against the first Latino SC justice.