[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.

[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!

[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.

[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).

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

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

[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)

[Right_in_Virginia]

Good news.

[Dengar01]

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

[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?

[Libertina]

Edwards (D-NC)
Jeffords (I-VT)
Kerry (D-MA)
Specter (R-PA)


Slackers.