Porter Goss Confirmed By Senate

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[numberonepal]

The Senate has confirmed Porter Goss as CIA Director.

[numberonepal]

No word on if John Kerry or John Edwards showed up to vote.

[battlegearboat]

Edwards a no-show.

[theophilusscribe]

Could this be taken as the Dems admitting that they don't believe Kerry will win the election?

[SuziQ]

Good. Now Porter, it's time for you to follow the example of our Marines and GET SOME!!

[astounded]

That's good. Now we have the guy who understands the need to reestablish a working covert network - Project Phoenix is desperately needed...

[OneTimeLurker]

Now we don't have to worry about any NIE reports BSing about things being very bad in Iraq. We got a director on the Prez's side!

[iceskater]

Of the 17 "no" votes, four are members of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence: West Virginia Sen. Jay Rockefeller (search), the senior Democrat on the intelligence panel, and Sens. Carl Levin of Michigan, Ron Wyden of Oregon and Dick Durbin of Illinois. Opponents to Goss' nomination said he has too many Republican ties for a job that requires independence.

No surprises here.

[GretchenM]

Any word on the margin? Can't find it at Fox's site yet.

[iceskater]

17 voted no

[The Great Yazoo]

Porter Goss will do a great job as Director of Central Intelligence! Hopefully with Porter in place, we can forget the silly idea of adding an additional layer of intelligence bureaucracy but giving the Director the budget authority he has requested.

Your former constituents in Florida's 14th District thank you for your service!

[OldFriend]

I called Rockefeller's office yesterday and mentioned the documents he brought to the committee to prove that Goss was too partisan......told him to take those documents and SHOVE IT.

[TomGuy]

Another layer of bureaucracy.

Wasn't Ridge supposed to be 'that'? Wasn't that the purpose for creating the Homeland Security Department?

Too much bureaucracy and Gorelick's wall were the problems in the 1990's, leading up to 9-11-01.

So now we have another bureaucracy and 3 million illegals coming over the borders each year.

[snakeoil]

He had a good man vouching for him down here in Florida. Sen and ex Governor Bob Graham.

[numberonepal]

The vote was 77-17. What's that, lessee 94 Senators voted ... (100 - 94 = 6) So six guys didn't think the confirmation vote on the Director of Central Intelligence was an important vote. I wonder how many are Democrats? I know of at least two that are. Note to DU lurkers. Your guys don't think their votes count, so why should you. Just stay home on election day, git hiiiiiiigh, and cry about Bush winning. You wouldn't know how to deal with victory, anyway.

[The Great Yazoo]

Bob Graham well deserves your nickname!

[snakeoil]

Graham and Goss were buddy buddy on the joint committee. Does the nickname apply to both.

[fiftymegaton]

I watched on C-SPAN Rockefeller questioning Goss during the confirmation hearing and I thought he might actually vote for Goss. I should have known Rockefeller wouldn't see an urgency in confirming a knowledgeable, experienced, new DCI in a time of war.....even when his only reason for voting no apparently was that Goss has an (R) next to his name. Sickening.

[Cicero]

He sounds like a good man for the job.

I hope he'll start out by cleaning house and getting rid of the clintonoids and the deadwood.

Before we hire any more people for the CIA, we need to straighten out the people who will do the hiring.

So far, the Bush administration has been very weak on the crucial business of cleaning out traitors and scum left over from the previous administration(s).

[The Great Yazoo]

Porter didn't vote to expose Floridians to missle attack. Graham did.

[snakeoil]

Missiles where where? I gotta get under a desk faster than those kids back in the 60's. Geez gonna haveve to build a bunker to withstand hurricanes and missile from Saddam.
Geez, gimmeee a break.

[surrey]

I watched a good portion of the vote but missed Hildebeast. How did she vote? Was she pretending to be a moderate, get-a-long Senator today? I did notice that Chuckie Schumer voted YES.

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

They're always a day late to post the roll call votes on the Senate.gov website.

[LS]

HAHAHAHAH. All the "buzz" that "Gee, he might not get confirmed." Blah!

[jpl]

Could this be taken as the Dems admitting that they don't believe Kerry will win the election?

You know, it very well could be. I have to admit I'm stunned at how fast this went through; I never thought he would actually be confirmed before the election. Ketchup Boy has got to be feeling some pain right now for sure.

[Wolfstar]

Your former constituents in Florida's 14th District thank you for your service!

Are we going to be able to retain Goss' seat in the House?

[r9etb]

You know, it very well could be. I have to admit I'm stunned at how fast this went through; I never thought he would actually be confirmed before the election.

Not at all surprising, actually. It would have been political suicide to stonewall this particular nomination prior to the election. The Dems had no choice, lest they hand the R's a stick to beat them with on the issue of national security.

[snakeoil]

Politics were a little dirty in the Primaries and with the hurricanes who knows.

[shield]

told him to take those documents and SHOVE IT.

ROTFLMAO....also...SWL=screaming with laughter

[fat city]

Hildebeast is a pussycat- voting to build a respectable senate record for 2008.

[So Cal Rocket]

U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 108^th Congress - 2^nd Session

as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate

Vote Summary

Question: On the Nomination (Confirmation Porter J. Goss, of Florida, To Be Director of Central Intelligence )
Vote Number:	187	Vote Date:	September 22, 2004, 05:00 PM
Required For Majority:	1/2	Vote Result:	Nomination Confirmed
Nomination Number:	PN1855
Nomination Description:	Porter J. Goss, of Florida, to be Director of Central Intelligence.

Vote Counts:	YEAs	77
	NAYs	17
	Not Voting	6

Vote Summary

By Senator Name

By Vote Position

By Home State

Alphabetical by Senator Name

Akaka (D-HI), Not Voting Alexander (R-TN), Yea Allard (R-CO), Yea Allen (R-VA), Yea Baucus (D-MT), Yea Bayh (D-IN), Yea Bennett (R-UT), Yea Biden (D-DE), Yea Bingaman (D-NM), Nay Bond (R-MO), Yea Boxer (D-CA), Yea Breaux (D-LA), Yea Brownback (R-KS), Yea Bunning (R-KY), Yea Burns (R-MT), Yea Byrd (D-WV), Nay Campbell (R-CO), Yea Cantwell (D-WA), Yea Carper (D-DE), Yea Chafee (R-RI), Yea Chambliss (R-GA), Yea Clinton (D-NY), Nay Cochran (R-MS), Yea Coleman (R-MN), Yea Collins (R-ME), Yea Conrad (D-ND), Nay Cornyn (R-TX), Yea Corzine (D-NJ), Nay Craig (R-ID), Yea Crapo (R-ID), Yea Daschle (D-SD), Yea Dayton (D-MN), Yea DeWine (R-OH), Yea Dodd (D-CT), Nay

Dole (R-NC), Yea Domenici (R-NM), Yea Dorgan (D-ND), Yea Durbin (D-IL), Nay Edwards (D-NC), Not Voting Ensign (R-NV), Yea Enzi (R-WY), Yea Feingold (D-WI), Yea Feinstein (D-CA), Yea Fitzgerald (R-IL), Yea Frist (R-TN), Yea Graham (D-FL), Yea Graham (R-SC), Yea Grassley (R-IA), Yea Gregg (R-NH), Yea Hagel (R-NE), Yea Harkin (D-IA), Nay Hatch (R-UT), Yea Hollings (D-SC), Yea Hutchison (R-TX), Yea Inhofe (R-OK), Yea Inouye (D-HI), Yea Jeffords (I-VT), Not Voting Johnson (D-SD), Yea Kennedy (D-MA), Nay Kerry (D-MA), Not Voting Kohl (D-WI), Yea Kyl (R-AZ), Yea Landrieu (D-LA), Yea Lautenberg (D-NJ), Nay Leahy (D-VT), Nay Levin (D-MI), Nay Lieberman (D-CT), Yea Lincoln (D-AR), Yea

Lott (R-MS), Yea Lugar (R-IN), Yea McCain (R-AZ), Yea McConnell (R-KY), Yea Mikulski (D-MD), Yea Miller (D-GA), Yea Murkowski (R-AK), Yea Murray (D-WA), Yea Nelson (D-FL), Yea Nelson (D-NE), Yea Nickles (R-OK), Yea Pryor (D-AR), Yea Reed (D-RI), Nay Reid (D-NV), Yea Roberts (R-KS), Yea Rockefeller (D-WV), Nay Santorum (R-PA), Not Voting Sarbanes (D-MD), Nay Schumer (D-NY), Yea Sessions (R-AL), Yea Shelby (R-AL), Yea Smith (R-OR), Yea Snowe (R-ME), Yea Specter (R-PA), Not Voting Stabenow (D-MI), Nay Stevens (R-AK), Yea Sununu (R-NH), Yea Talent (R-MO), Yea Thomas (R-WY), Yea Voinovich (R-OH), Yea Warner (R-VA), Yea Wyden (D-OR), Nay

Vote Summary

By Senator Name

By Vote Position

By Home State

Grouped By Vote Position

YEAs ---77
Alexander (R-TN) Allard (R-CO) Allen (R-VA) Baucus (D-MT) Bayh (D-IN) Bennett (R-UT) Biden (D-DE) Bond (R-MO) Boxer (D-CA) Breaux (D-LA) Brownback (R-KS) Bunning (R-KY) Burns (R-MT) Campbell (R-CO) Cantwell (D-WA) Carper (D-DE) Chafee (R-RI) Chambliss (R-GA) Cochran (R-MS) Coleman (R-MN) Collins (R-ME) Cornyn (R-TX) Craig (R-ID) Crapo (R-ID) Daschle (D-SD) Dayton (D-MN)	DeWine (R-OH) Dole (R-NC) Domenici (R-NM) Dorgan (D-ND) Ensign (R-NV) Enzi (R-WY) Feingold (D-WI) Feinstein (D-CA) Fitzgerald (R-IL) Frist (R-TN) Graham (D-FL) Graham (R-SC) Grassley (R-IA) Gregg (R-NH) Hagel (R-NE) Hatch (R-UT) Hollings (D-SC) Hutchison (R-TX) Inhofe (R-OK) Inouye (D-HI) Johnson (D-SD) Kohl (D-WI) Kyl (R-AZ) Landrieu (D-LA) Lieberman (D-CT) Lincoln (D-AR)	Lott (R-MS) Lugar (R-IN) McCain (R-AZ) McConnell (R-KY) Mikulski (D-MD) Miller (D-GA) Murkowski (R-AK) Murray (D-WA) Nelson (D-FL) Nelson (D-NE) Nickles (R-OK) Pryor (D-AR) Reid (D-NV) Roberts (R-KS) Schumer (D-NY) Sessions (R-AL) Shelby (R-AL) Smith (R-OR) Snowe (R-ME) Stevens (R-AK) Sununu (R-NH) Talent (R-MO) Thomas (R-WY) Voinovich (R-OH) Warner (R-VA)

NAYs ---17
Bingaman (D-NM) Byrd (D-WV) Clinton (D-NY) Conrad (D-ND) Corzine (D-NJ) Dodd (D-CT)	Durbin (D-IL) Harkin (D-IA) Kennedy (D-MA) Lautenberg (D-NJ) Leahy (D-VT) Levin (D-MI)	Reed (D-RI) Rockefeller (D-WV) Sarbanes (D-MD) Stabenow (D-MI) Wyden (D-OR)

Not Voting - 6
Akaka (D-HI) Edwards (D-NC)	Jeffords (I-VT) Kerry (D-MA)	Santorum (R-PA) Specter (R-PA)

[So Cal Rocket]

The Beast voted "Nay"... or should I say "Neigh".

[mewzilla]

Edwards and Kerry NOT VOTING.

Gutless wonders.

[fat city]

She's dumber than I thought- this is not a do-or-die issue. Must be to the socialist wing though.

[bfree]

It looks to me like the democraps not running for re-election voted no and those running, voted for him, even little Tommy voted yes.

[Wolfstar]

Thanks for the info. Although I spent only about a total of two years in Florida, my son was born there. So I tend to keep an eye on it's politics even though I've lived in the Los Angeles area for a long time.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Good news.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Edwards and Kerry NOT VOTING. Gutless wonders.

How many votes have these two missed??

[Dengar01]

Ofcourse Dick Durbin voted against it, and the people in Illinois love him! Sometimes I wonder about this state.

[mewzilla]

How many votes have these two missed??

Percentage wise? Quite a lot. This one they shouldn't have missed.

[snakeoil]

I'm in a different district than Goss - just up the road but I get the Ft Myers stations and it was a mean fight down there. Connie Macks son came over from the East coast and sorta cut in on someone elses territory.

[Soul Seeker]

So Kerry didn't vote either?

I wouldn't take this as an indication the Dems are cashing in on losing the election. It could go either way. They could be of the mind it doesn't matter if he's confirmed since he can be dismissed in a few months.

I think it instead highlights the majority do not want the reputation of not taking security seriously during the election. Except, apparently, our anti-war candidates heading the Dem ticket.

[Wolfstar]

I guess the only thing to say is the old cliche that politics ain't beanbag. But Mack probably should have run in his own district.

[OldFriend]

Here's the toll free number for the US Capitol. They'll connect you to any congressman or senator.

1-800-839-5276

I make it my patriotic duty to make at least one call every day.

But I do call to say thank you to people like Zell and others who have shown patriotism.

[The Great Yazoo]

Sorry, Graham did. End of story!

[The Great Yazoo]

Yes. It'll be Connie Mack IV, great grandson of baseball great Connie Mack and son of former U.S. Senator Connie Mack III.

[OXENinFLA]

NAYs ---17

Clinton (D-NY)(1 of 17)


Hummmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[The Great Yazoo]

Mack grew up in Ft. Myers. While the other candidates complained, Mack really wasn't the carpetbagger portrayed by some.

It's ironic that some complained about Mack as being a newcomer, especially in light of the fact that practically everyone else in the 14th district came here from somewhere else.

[Grampa Dave]

That was quick and "Rather" quiet.

I thought that many key Rat Senators were going to fight this to their end.

17 against isn't much of a fight.

Are the senators conceding to a massive Kerry defeat?

[CFC__VRWC]

Could this be taken as the Dems admitting that they don't believe Kerry will win the election?

I take it as Senator Bob Graham actually doing something right for one time in his career. He and Goss have a good working relationship through their positions on the House and Senate Intelligence Committees, and Graham has supported Goss for DCI since he was nominated. The Rats knew they needed to flip Graham on Goss to give them enough political cover to pull off one of their "filibusters", and I'm sure they applied immense pressure to Graham to withdraw his support for Goss. It seems Graham may have actually made like a broken clock.

[shield]

Good idea...I've got unlimited LD so I just go to those guys web site and get their phone numbers to their offices in DC and in there district/or state. I also get their little ole fax numbers and shoot them ugly letters after I call them. However, I don't do this on a daily bases....you've got a really great idea there.

Continually letting them know we're watching them at all times.