[Grendel9]

By my calculation, we have only 54
committed YEAS. Four Republicans
have NOT committed to Alito yet.
Rinos Snowe and Collins of Maine,
Chafee of Rhode Island and Stevens
of Alaska.

[Cboldt]

By my calculation, we have only 54 committed YEAS. Four Republicans have NOT committed to Alito yet. Rinos Snowe and Collins of Maine, Chafee of Rhode Island and Stevens of Alaska.

But all of them would vote for cloture, regardless of their position on the nomination. The rough calculation for cloture is to take the GOP as given, and add DEMs who will vote for the nominee.