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Even money that Reid yaps...

In the 10 o'clock hour? I dunno. He's been scarce on the floor, working behind the scenes.

I'm not sure this list is current, it was as of close of business of the Senate at 2:10 PM on Friday ...

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

     DEM Crossover = 3          GOP Crossover = 0

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

The "+" next to Conrad's name is based on this:

However, two Dakotan Democrats -- Sen. Tim Johnson of South Dakota and Sen. Kent Conrad of North Dakota -- have said they would vote down a filibuster. Johnson said he'll vote for Alito, and Conrad said he's "leaning in favor" of the candidate.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/27/alito/index.html

If Chaffee, Snowe, Conrad and Landrieu say they will vote for Alito, a cloture vote becomes meaningless, moot, a waste of time.