[Seattle Conservative]

in post 461 Cboldt says that he/she has the count for cloture (and no f-buster) up to 62.

As of the other day, those voicing their opinion (not votes) on Alito were as follows (I've updated a couple of items on BigSky Freepers list and did a summary). We have at least 53, which is enough to confirm. Some on the news have said they think he will get 55-60 votes.

No = 38 (all Dims)
Yes = 53
Pubbies = 50
Dims = 3
Undecided
Pubbies (4)
Chafee
Collins
Snowe
Stevens

Dims (10)
Bayh (IN) 
Cantwell (WA) 
Conrad (ND) 
Dayton (MN) 
Dorgan (ND) 
Landrieu (LA) 
Lautenberg (NJ) 
Menendez (NJ) 
Rockefeller (WV) 
Sarbanes (MD) 

Republicans Vote
Alexander (TN) Y
Allard (CO)  Y
Allen (VA)  Y
Bennett (UT)  Y
Bond (MO)  Y
Brownback (KS)  Y
Bunning (KY)  Y
Burns (MT)  Y
Burr (NC)  Y
Chafee (RI)  0
Chambliss (GA)  Y
Coburn (OK)  Y
Cochran (MS)  Y
Coleman (MN)  Y
Collins (ME)  0
Cornyn (TX)  Y
Craig (ID)  Y
Crapo (ID)  Y
DeMint (SC)  Y
DeWine (OH)  Y
Dole (NC)  Y
Domenici (NM)  Y
Ensign (NV)  Y
Enzi (WY)  Y
Frist (TN)  Y
Graham (SC)  Y
Grassley (IA)  Y
Gregg (NH)  Y
Hagel (NE)  Y
Hatch (UT)  Y
Hutchison (TX)  Y
Inhofe (OK)  Y
Isakson (GA)  Y
Kyl (AZ)  Y
Lott (MS)  Y
Lugar (IN)  Y
Martinez (FL)  Y
McCain (AZ)  Y
McConnell (KY)  Y
Murkowski (AK)  Y
Roberts (KS)  Y
Santorum (PA)  Y
Sessions (AL)  Y
Shelby (AL)  Y
Smith (OR)  Y
Snowe (ME)  0
Specter (PA)  Y
Stevens (AK)  0
Sununu (NH)  Y
Talent (MO)  Y
Thomas (WY)  Y
Thune (SD)  Y
Vitter (LA)  Y
Voinovich (OH)  Y
Warner (VA)  Y

Democrats Vote
Akaka (HI)  N
Baucus (MT)  N
Bayh (IN)  0
Biden (DE)  N
Bingaman (NM)  N
Boxer (CA)  N
Byrd (WV)  Y
Cantwell (WA)  0
Carper (DE)  N
Clinton (NY)  N
Conrad (ND)  0
Dayton (MN)  0
Dodd (CT)  N
Dorgan (ND)  0
Durbin (IL)  N
Feingold (WI)  N
Feinstein (CA)  N
Harkin (IA)  N
Inouye (HI)  N
Johnson (SD)  Y
Kennedy (MA)  N
Kerry (MA)  N
Kohl (WI)  N
Landrieu (LA)  0
Lautenberg (NJ)  0
Leahy (VT)  N
Levin (MI)  N
Lieberman (CT)  N
Lincoln (AR)  N
Menendez (NJ)  0
Mikulski (MD)  N
Murray (WA)  N
Nelson, Ben (NE)  Y
Nelson, Bill (FL)  N
Obama (IL)  N
Pryor (AR)  N
Reed, J. (RI)  N
Reid, H. (NV)  N
Rockefeller (WV)  0
Salazar (CO)  N
Sarbanes (MD)  0
Schumer (NY)  N
Stabenow (MI)  N
Wyden (OR)  N

Independent
Jeffords (VT)  N

[popdonnelly]

Meanwhile, Senator Kennedy's staff searches frantically for another Anita Hill, while the Senator consoles himself with the bottle.

[LdSentinal]

Steven and Collins voiced their support for Alito.

[Cboldt]

The C-SPAN2 tally when the Senate ajourned on Friday was ...

C-SPAN2 unofficial tally of Senators' positions on the confirmation vote of Samuel A. Alito to the Suprme Court.

     Aye = 56                   Nay = 34
     2 GOP yet to commit:       8 DEM yet to commit:

     Chaffee       _   /|       Bayh            Landrieu
     Snowe         \`O.o'       Cantwell        Lautenberg
                   =(_ _)=      Conrad          Menendez
                      U         Dorgan          Rockefeller
                 Phhlllt Ack!

     DEM Crossover = 3          GOP Crossover = 0

     Nelson  (NE)
     Johnson (SD)
     Byrd    (WV)

Bill the Cat was not part of the C-SPAN2 tally.

[Arizona Carolyn]

Thanks for the preliminary list. Tomorrow should be a very interesting day here on FR.