[smokingfrog]

“Too much work [was] left undone. After a few sleepless nights, I wrote for myself a list of issues on which I needed to do more in the years ahead. One of those issues was global regulation of small arms.” — Harold Hongju Koh (2001)

Vote summary

[handy old one]

Lugar must become a history lesson as not what to do to stay in office.

[neverdem]

This is becoming disturbing with Lamar Alexander. The others have earned reputations as RINOs already. Lamar was the sole pubbie to vote against concealed carry in national parks.

[pissant]

And 8 republicans today helped Pelosi pass the most onerous, unconstitutional sh*t legislation in the last 40 years.

[skinkinthegrass]

(triangulating) 8 in the Senate and now (triangulating) 8 in the House.
g*d d@mn "triangulating"....no standards.

[Cboldt]

Lugar is a bigtime internationalist and gun-grabber. He was one of three Republican Senators who refused to sign onto the US Congress brief in the Heller case. The other two were Ensign and Warner.

[cva66snipe]

I’d love to my states U.S. Senator the Long Time Bush Family Friend Lamar Alexander (R-TN) voted out of public office for good. The man has always been a Big Government Liberal with a R after his name. When the Health Care vote comes up he’ll vote for it too just watch. Alexander likely would have never made it past being a state lawmaker had he not been running against a felon DEM when he was elected governor. He was not a great governor but hey after Ray Blanton anyone was an improvement. His seat next time up needs to be targeted for replacement.

[Jeff Gordon]

That article was pretty much incoherent and unsubstantiated. The only facts were the RINO’s who voted for the confirmation.

[Gator113]

It’s looking like it almost time to RESET.

[freeangel]

These rhinocrats have GOT to be replaced with people who have their constuents best interest at heart. My guess is that the grassroots movement will contribute to any real conservatives who run against them

[dennisw]

Mel Martinez (R-FL)
George Voinovich (R-OH)

Both these critters have already announced they are not running again. So this is how they really feel

And Koh is an evil genius who will do a lot more than grab guns. Law of the Sea and other UN type crap is what he tries to impose on America

[Toespi]

Dick Morris said last night that this was an orchestrated vote. Democrats in areas that were not safe, did not vote for the bill, so that they could tell their constituents that they did not support it. Republicans, the same.

[Shooter 2.5]

It’s one thing for the conservatives to vote for a lib Republican in a lib state if no one is a better candidate but not for states like Indiana, Ohio and Tennessee.

Conservatives had better pay more attention to the primaries.

The NRA has filed as a Non-Government Organization in order to fight Global Civilian Disamament. They need every gunowners support.

[Condor51]

Something seems to be wrong. The actual vote record doesn't match the names in the article.

• Lamar Alexander (R-TN) Nay
  
• Judd Gregg (R-NH) Nay
  
• Orrin Hatch (R-UT) Nay
  

The final vote was 62-35 w/ 2 not voting (Fatso Kennedy & Sheets Byrd).
So 'Eight' didn't 'cross the line', five of the usual suspects did.

[Condor51]

Koh is eager to... to push gun control ... someone like him needs to push more gun control through international treaties.

Here's my idea of 'International Gun Control'....

It's hitting your target from 500 yards with iron sights.

okay, 400 yards, I'm getting old :-)

[wastedyears]

These push-overs need to be voted out in 2010.

[neverdem]

Your link to the roll call vote has Lamar Alexander as a Nay, not Yea. I retract my earlier comment about Lamar Alexander, although he failed to support the Coburn Amendement for concealed carry privileges in national parks. Thanks for linking the roll call vote.

Lugar (R-IN), Martinez (R-FL), Collins (R-ME), Voinovich (R-OH) and Snowe (R-ME) were the defectors after my personal inspection of the roll call vote. I have to wonder about your source for the story.

They also bear false witness to Gregg (R-NH) and Hatch (R-UT) who voted Nay.

[El Gato]

Lamar Alexander (R-TN) Susan Collins (R-ME) Judd Gregg (R-NH) Orrin Hatch (R-UT) Richard Lugar (R-IN) Mel Martinez (R-FL) Olympia Snowe (R-ME) George Voinovich (R-OH) Once the filibuster was thwarted, Koh’s nomination passed easily. The vote on final passage can be viewed at: http://tinyurl.com/m4m2f5

We can expect the same bunch to stab us in the back over Cap and Trade, with the possible exception of Hatch. But with the possible addition of other "moderates" as well. Maybe even McLame.

[Brad from Tennessee]

Lamar Alexander doesn't have the character of a crab louse. Frightened by national polls on Iraq he was ready to throw in with Democrats a few years ago to undermine our troops. A flood of calls and e-mails stopped him. Lamar has grown wealthy enough from politics that he may be ready to retire. If so he could simply sell all his votes between now and the end of 2010.

[mojitojoe]

They aren’t getting people’s guns without getting the lead in them first. Let them eat cake or lead.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

You know, I’d rather have Boxer and Feinstein as my Senators than Snowe and Collins.