[JHL]

For those of you keeping score at home, here is the complete list of Democrat Senators that are up for re-election this year. It will be interesting to see how many of the Democrats who end up actually voting for Alito are on this list. Johnson has already come out and said he will vote for Alito, as has Nelson. (But both are troubled by the Judge and are trying to appease their base with condemning words, even while they vote to confirm.)

Democrat Senators up for re-election this year:

Daniel Akaka (D-HI)
Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)
Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
Robert Byrd (D-WV)
Thomas Carper (D-DE)
Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY)
Kent Conrad (D-ND)
Mark Dayton (D-MN)
Diane Feinstein (D-CA)
Edward Kennedy (D-MA)
Herb Kohl (D-WI)
Joseph Lieberman (D-CT)
Robert Menendez (D-NJ)
Bill Nelson (D-FL)
Ben Nelson (D-NE)
Paul Sarbanes (D-MD)
Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)

Of the above, Clinton, Kennedy, Feinstein, Sarbanes, and Kohl will never vote to confirm. It will be interesting to see how the others end up voting.

[mosquitobite]

I wish Bayh were up for election this year. If he were, Indiana would have his head for not voting for Roberts & Alito!