[nj26]

RINO Tier 1: Snowe, Collins, Chafee, Specter, McCain (5) RINO Tier 2: Voinovich, Graham, DeWine, Warner, Hutchison (5)

[Mr. Mojo]

GOP Senators overwhelmingly confirm radical/activist/socialist Ginsburg without putting up any fight and the Dems are set to filibuster an originalist.

Sad state of affairs.

[Maynerd]

Unless the RINOs can find something scandulous in Alito's past, they may as well leave the party if the don't support him.

McCain is really screwed on this one. There is no way he can succesfully run for the Republican presidential nomination and vote against a highly qualified conservative supreme court nominee.

[CyberAnt]

DeWine and Graham have already gone on the record - no filibuster deal.

[Soul Seeker]

This is a perfect situation for us.

We win either way. We get Alito on the Court, or we out the RINO's forever in the Party. As well as put the Dems on the hot seats in red states under intense scrutiny. Then we use their choices to exact vengence in '06, '08 and '10 gaining enough seats to confirm Alito without them if he's denied now.

So, the question really should be, how many RINO's & DINO's feel lucky? ;-)

[Unam Sanctam]

The roughly half-dozen GOP senators who support abortion rights are scrutinizing Alito's dissent in a major 1991 abortion case. If they determine that his judicial record or his answers to questions signal a willingness to overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortion, they will fall under heavy pressure to oppose him, said congressional scholars and analysts.

It is possible to be pro-choice and also originalist and anti-Roe. Reversal of Roe will just kick the issue back to the states where it should have been all along.

[SpringheelJack]

I would not count on Snowe or Collins. They may not be able to survive in their home states if they vote for Alito. I also think Specter will join the other side; he's been quite unambiguous about where he comes down on pro-life judges.

[mathluv]

I don't think Kay will dare vote against Alito. If she does, she is gone.

[InterceptPoint]

RINO Tier 1: Snowe, Collins, Chafee, Specter, McCain (5) RINO Tier 2: Voinovich, Graham, DeWine, Warner, Hutchison (5)

How can you leave Harkins off this list?

[cynicom]

How many democrat (DINO) Senators are there that are really in cahoots with the republicans????

[Always Right]

McCain is a tier 2. McCain tends to be pro-life, just will to backstab.

[NatsFan]

We need to be active in contacting these people and letting them to know we want them to support Alito.