How Some Senators Plan to Vote on Roberts (At Least 13 Dems Will Vote Yes)

Associated Press ^ | September 26, 2005

[RWR8189]

All 55 Senate Republicans are expected to vote to confirm John Roberts as chief justice of the United States. The 44 Senate Democrats are less unified, and independent James Jeffords of Vermont has not announced his position.

Democrats who have announced their support for Roberts (13):

Max Baucus of Montana, Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico, Robert Byrd of West Virginia, Kent Conrad of North Dakota, Russ Feingold of Wisconsin, Tim Johnson of South Dakota, Herb Kohl of Wisconsin, Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, Patrick Leahy of Vermont, Ben Nelson of Nebraska, Bill Nelson of Florida, Mark Pryor of Arkansas and Ken Salazar of Colorado.

Democrats who have announced their opposition (16):

Evan Bayh of Indiana, Joseph Biden of Delaware, Barbara Boxer of California, Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York, Jon Corzine of New Jersey, Mark Dayton of Minnesota, Dick Durbin of Illinois, Dianne Feinstein of California, Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts, John Kerry of Massachusetts, Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey, Barbara Mikulski of Maryland, Barack Obama of Illinois, Harry Reid of Nevada, Charles Schumer of New York and Debbie Stabenow of Michigan.

Democrats who have not announced how they will vote (15):

Daniel Akaka of Hawaii, Maria Cantwell of Washington, Tom Carper of Delaware, Christopher Dodd of Connecticut, Byron Dorgan of North Dakota, Tom Harkin of Iowa, Daniel Inouye of Hawaii, Carl Levin of Michigan, Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut, Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas, Patty Murray of Washington, Jack Reed of Rhode Island, Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia, Paul Sarbanes of Maryland and Ron Wyden of Oregon.

[fat city]

"Evan Bayh of Indiana"

I find that interesting"

Yeah, I liked him better before he got presidential aspirations.

[not_apathetic_anymore]

I'll go way out on a limb here and predict the two from my state Murray and Cantwell will vote against. If forced to give reasons we'll hear about womens reproductive rights. Theres a very small chance Cantwell might surprise me, but their votes are pretty predictable.

[Unam Sanctam]

Bush's only legacy will be who he gets on the SCOUS. The end, that's it.

The democratic constitution is fully in place and functional in Afghanistan, so at least that would be another legacy. It's too soon to say about Iraq (I'm on tenterhooks about next month's constitutional referendum there).

[Integrityrocks]

"I think Bush needs a fight to help improve his approval numbers and stoke up the base for 2006, which isn't looking so hot right now (and yes, I know it is early)"

You're going under the premis that he cares. I hope he doesn't care. He's doing what he thinks is right; making a few blunders along the way - it happens, but his approval ratings were at the voting booth and they would be again. These polls don't matter!

[boomop1]

The lasting legacy, people don't care a hill of beans about Iraq, Afghanistan and so forth, when the next administration comes up, it will be challenged with terrorism as we are now but this country has a problem remembering.

[buffyt]

Whatever happend to QUALIFIED??? </sarcasm>

[Reagan79]

"Bush's only legacy will be who he gets on the SCOUS. The end, that's it."

What about the war on terror?

[Reagan79]

"Bush's only legacy will be who he gets on the SCOUS. The end, that's it."

Nothing about the expansion of freedom and democracy in the Middle East?

[Paulus Invictus]

Democrats who have announced their opposition (16): Evan Bayh of Indiana, Joseph Biden of Delaware, Barbara Boxer of California, Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York, Jon Corzine of New Jersey, Mark Dayton of Minnesota, Dick Durbin of Illinois, Dianne Feinstein of California, Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts, John Kerry of Massachusetts, Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey, Barbara Mikulski of Maryland, Barack Obama of Illinois, Harry Reid of Nevada, Charles Schumer of New York and Debbie Stabenow.

Democrats who have not announced how they will vote (15): Daniel Akaka of Hawaii, Maria Cantwell of Washington, Tom Carper of Delaware, Christopher Dodd of Connecticut, Byron Dorgan of North Dakota, Tom Harkin of Iowa, Daniel Inouye of Hawaii, Carl Levin of Michigan, Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut, Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas, Patty Murray of Washington, Jack Reed of Rhode Island, Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia, Paul Sarbanes of Maryland and Ron Wyden of Oregon.

OK troops, here is the full list of RATs who need to be removed from office next time they run. Make the Roberts vote, and all that it implies, the reason these morons do not deserve to be in the Senate. If any of these people are running in the 2006 election in your state, organize now to remove them from office. Make Hitlery #1!

[BillyBoy]

>> Democrats who have not announced how they will vote (15): Daniel Akaka of Hawaii, Maria Cantwell of Washington, Tom Carper of Delaware, Christopher Dodd of Connecticut, Byron Dorgan of North Dakota, Tom Harkin of Iowa, Daniel Inouye of Hawaii, Carl Levin of Michigan, Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut, Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas, Patty Murray of Washington, Jack Reed of Rhode Island, Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia, Paul Sarbanes of Maryland and Ron Wyden of Oregon. <<

My predictions:

FOR ROBERTS -
Maria Cantwell of Washington, Tom Carper of Delaware, Christopher Dodd of Connecticut, Byron Dorgan of North Dakota, Tom Harkin of Iowa, Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut, Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas, Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia

AGAINST ROBERTS: Daniel Akaka of Hawaii, Daniel Inouye of Hawaii, Carl Levin of Michigan, Patty Murray of Washington, Jack Reed of Rhode Island, Paul Sarbanes of Maryland and Ron Wyden of Oregon.

[counterpunch]

Your list is a tad optimistic (or perhaps naive, after all these ARE Democrats we're talking about.)
I'll eat my hat if Tom Harkin votes for Roberts for sure.
The only thing "red state" Harkin has ever deferred to was the Soviet Union.

[boomop1]

I know, I love Bush, but the immediate wins will be the court. The Middle East is on going and will be a decided way down the road, no guarantees, they don't want peace over there they only want dead Jews.

[Kaslin]

Rino Sununu of New Hampshire said he will vote against Roberts

[pollyannaish]

If Cantwell votes for Roberts, I am going to be surprised.

But, it may be a sign she is worried about her upcoming race due to residual irritation surrounding the Gubernatorial campaign. That would be a very good sign.

[Susannah]

Rino Sununu of New Hampshire said he will vote against Roberts

According to what I just saw today on cspan2's coverage of the Senate, there are NO Republicans who are going to vote against Roberts.

Also, the list of Democrats that cspan2 showed that will vote for Roberts has grown to 17:

Bingaman(NM), Byrd(WV), Baucas(MT), Conrad(ND), Dodd(CT), Dorgan(ND), Feingold(WI), Johnson(SD), Kohl(WI), Landrieu(LA), Leahy(VT), Levin(MI), Lieberman(CT), Nelson(FL), Nelson(NE), Pryor(AR), Salazar(CO)