Posted on 09/29/2005 4:03:10 PM PDT by MikeA
Glug, Glug, Glug . . . Well, as usual, we guessed wrong. Two weeks ago we confidently predicted that Sen. Hillary Clinton would vote with the majority of the Democrats on the confirmation of Chief Justice John Roberts.
The red-blue divide was clear. Democrats from states where George W. Bush beat John Kerry* favored Roberts 13-3, while Kerry-carry-staters opposed him 19-10.
As for Mrs. Clinton, her vote shows her to be an extremist, to the left even of the Democratic Party. As New York's other senator might say, she has drifted far outside the mainstream and is headed for an iceberg, and if she doesn't stop rearranging the deck chairs before she finds herself in the fishbowl of a presidential campaign, she will have to row and wade frantically just to avoid sinking into the quicksand of a watery grave.
* Sorry, we don't remember who he is either.
The Tally How Senate Democrats (and Jeffords) voted on John Roberts.
Yes (23) No (22) Blanche Lincoln (Ark.) Barbara Boxer (Calif.) Mark Pryor (Ark.) Dianne Feinstein (Calif.) Ken Salazar (Colo.) Joe Biden (Del.) Chris Dodd (Conn.) Daniel Akaka (Hawaii) Joe Lieberman (Conn.) Daniel Ionuye (Hawaii) Tom Carper (Del.) Dick Durbin (Ill.) Bill Nelson (Fla.) Barack Obama (Ill.) Mary Landrieu (La.) Evan Bayh (Ind.) Carl Levin (Mich.) Tom Harkin (Iowa) Max Baucus (Mont.) Ted Kennedy (Mass.) Ben Nelson (Neb.) John Kerry (Mass.) Jeff Bingaman (N.M.) Barbara Mikulski (Md.) Kent Conrad (N.D.) Paul Sarbanes (Md.) Byron Dorgan (N.D.) Debbie Stabenow (Mich.) Ron Wyden (Ore.) Mark Dayton (Minn.) Tim Johnson (S.D.) Harry Reid (Nev.) Jim Jeffords (Vt.) Jon Corzine (N.J.) Pat Leahy (Vt.) Frank Lautenberg (N.J.) Patty Murray (Wash.) Hillary Clinton (N.Y.) Robert Byrd (W.Va.) Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) Jay Rockefeller (W.Va.) Jack Reed (R.I.) Russ Feingold (Wis.) Maria Cantwell (Wash.) Herb Kohl (Wis.)
(Excerpt) Read more at opinionjournal.com ...
Might I add how disappointed I am at Hawaii's senators for voting with the forces of unreason, extremism, pathological partisanship and obstructionism? Though not from the state of Hawaii or a resident thereof, I have spent a lot of time there and love the generous and good hearted spirit of the people of that state. Hawaii's senators helping to further the forces of extremism in Democratic politics and in representing Hawaii does dihonor to the wonderful Aloha spirit of that state and Hawaii's great tradition of people working together.
Sorry, the Yes-No column divide didn't post properly. Here's the link to see how each Democratic senator voted.
http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110007316
Carl Lenin (D) MI
Pat (Leaky) Leahy (D) VT
Jim Jeffords (I) VT
Russ Feingold (D) WI
Herb Khol (D) WI
Patty Murray (D) WA
thanks
I know, I was really surprised by Patty Murray's vote. She's usually an abortion/feminism fanatic.
They'll vote no next time -- unless they don't plan to run for re-election. All the money for the dems comes from Soros or Hollywierd and if they want campaign money they have to do what the move-on crowd tells them.
That Bayh should be run out of town on a boxcar..if..he ever comes home. Thats just appalling.....Has his state been up in arms???
No. The average Hoosier thinks Bayh is conservative.
This Rat nay voting list reads like the who's who of anti-American Socialist Liberal pond scum. If anyone has doubts about Roberts then this list of key Rat nay sayers should put you at ease.
Barbara Boxer (Calif.)
Dianne Feinstein (Calif.)
Joe Biden (Del.)
Daniel Akaka (Hawaii)
Daniel Ionuye (Hawaii)
Dick Durbin (Ill.)
Barack Obama (Ill.)
Evan Bayh (Ind.)
Tom Harkin (Iowa)
Ted Kennedy (Mass.)
John Kerry (Mass.)
Mark Dayton (Minn.)
Harry Reid (Nev.)
Jon Corzine (N.J.)
Frank Lautenberg (N.J.)
Hillary Clinton (N.Y.)
Chuck Schumer (N.Y.)
Jack Reed (R.I.)
| Yes (23) | No (22) |
| Blanche Lincoln (Ark.) | Barbara Boxer (Calif.) |
| Mark Pryor (Ark.) | Dianne Feinstein (Calif.) |
| Ken Salazar (Colo.) | Joe Biden (Del.) |
| Chris Dodd (Conn.) | Daniel Akaka (Hawaii) |
| Joe Lieberman (Conn.) | Daniel Ionuye (Hawaii) |
| Tom Carper (Del.) | Dick Durbin (Ill.) |
| Bill Nelson (Fla.) | Barack Obama (Ill.) |
| Mary Landrieu (La.) | Evan Bayh (Ind.) |
| Carl Levin (Mich.) | Tom Harkin (Iowa) |
| Max Baucus (Mont.) | Ted Kennedy (Mass.) |
| Ben Nelson (Neb.) | John Kerry (Mass.) |
| Jeff Bingaman (N.M.) | Barbara Mikulski (Md.) |
| Kent Conrad (N.D.) | Paul Sarbanes (Md.) |
| Byron Dorgan (N.D.) | Debbie Stabenow (Mich.) |
| Ron Wyden (Ore.) | Mark Dayton (Minn.) |
| Tim Johnson (S.D.) | Harry Reid (Nev.) |
| Jim Jeffords (Vt.) | Jon Corzine (N.J.) |
| Pat Leahy (Vt.) | Frank Lautenberg (N.J.) |
| Patty Murray (Wash.) | Hillary Clinton (N.Y.) |
| Robert Byrd (W.Va.) | Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) |
| Jay Rockefeller (W.Va.) | Jack Reed (R.I.) |
| Russ Feingold (Wis.) | Maria Cantwell (Wash.) |
| Herb Kohl (Wis.) |
Funny, if the Democrats had been able to pull off a feat like this, you would see blaring headlines about "overwhelming bipartisan support" and editorials gushing words like "mandate" and "direction" (as in surely this is the right one).
I'm waiting.
Still waiting...
Guess I better pack a lunch.
Patty Murray's yes vote is nothing more than a rare episode of lucidity in someone who is arguably one of the most supremely stupid women to hold public office.
We got Murray, and we got Cantwell... and now we got Gregoire. We are a state of backroom party whores.
"Can you believe the following senators voted yea? "
Carl Lenin (D) MI
Pat (Leaky) Leahy (D) VT
Jim Jeffords (I) VT
Russ Feingold (D) WI
Herb Khol (D) WI
Patty Murray (D) WA
That is not hard to believe. They knew they would not be able to stop the confirmation of Roberts, so it was easy for them, none of which will run for President, to cast that vote. It will just allow them to claim fairness when all six of them vote against the next nominee.The hardliners in the no camp are either running for President, or so beholden to the hard left that they voted with their base, thus Hillary and Joe Biden's no votes.
Is it just me? Every time I hear Lieberman speak, all I can think is that he needs a good laxative pill, or maybe an enema.
There were actally people who thought him presidential material? (shudder)
Supposedly Russ Feingold is running for President. He wants to make sure his appointees would get through the Senate.
PATTY MURRY!??!??!?!??!??! No bloody WAY! The housewife who should have stayed a housewife??? Wow, God does work in mysterious ways!
"So I read from the article that Roberts was approved by a MAJORITY OF DEMOCRATS (23-22) as well as a vast majority of Republicans?"
I call BS. The article throw Jeffords in with the Dems in order to create a majority side.
FACT. Dems split (22 - 22) - a perfect toss up. Man, that had to be planned. The majority neither support nor oppose Roberts.
"Russ Feingold (D) WI"
Surprised the heck outta me! He of the "No Patriot Act" and Campaign Finance Reform (what a joke.) I think he was the only one to vote against the WOT as well.
Senator Kohl. Kohl died a long time ago, he just hasn't fallen over yet. I'm sure a new staffer or junior intern told him how to vote, LOL!
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