LIVE THREAD:Senate vote to confirm Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court;(UPDATE: Alito Confirmed 58-42)

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[ken5050]

Good morning, all.

Join us today for the final victory lap, the vote to "confirm Samuel Alito, of New Jersey, to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court."

It's all over except the final vote tally.

Lots of surprises yesterday at the HUGE vote to impose cloture, so perhaps there are still some surprise votes to come?

[Grampa Dave]

After this vote, up the kidnapped ones to 40 something.

[proud2beconservativeinNJ]

Prayer: May the wickedness of evil men roll back upon themselves; may they not prosper; may they be soon scattered as chaff in the wind, in Jesus' Name, amen.

Is this a Blurblogger original?

[Democratshavenobrains]

Old and Busted: Fitzmas
New Hotness: Alitomas

[OldFriend]

Last night a prayer thread was started for the President for his SOTU address. I'm sure it's still there. We all might want to visit for a moment and say a prayer for our President.

[kimmie7]

mega dittos, ken! great job!

[True-Stu]

More salt for the DUmmies' wounds---

http://dannyng.com/images/owned14.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~phantomlord13666/pwned.jpg

There ya go kiddies. You've been Owned!

[American Quilter]

Miers wasn't a disaster, she was bait and a feint.

This is certainly my preferred way of looking at it. President Bush has shown himself several times to be far cannier than he appears.

[righteousindignation]

you are just BRILLIANT!!!!!!!

[offduty]

Great link.. the DU's are imploding....I like the post where some DUmmy states he is going to write a note to the SWIMMER and Kerry to thank them for their leadership....If he wants the SWIMMER to read it...it better be on a cocktail napkin....WOO HOOO A GREAT DAY FOR AMERICA !!!!

[OldFriend]

Anything more hypocritical than Reid lamenting the fact that the President didn't appoint a hispanic to this Court.

[kimmie7]

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[AgThorn]

fantastic that this is over and positive ... now everyone's prayers need to focus on "Stevenson" ... this guy has got to go!!

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John Paul Stevens, appointed to the Supreme Court in 1975, is the oldest member of the current Court and, behind Chief Justice Rehnquist, the second-longest serving. Nominated by Republican President Gerald Ford in the wake of the Watergate scandal to help re-establish public confidence in government, Stevens was widely viewed as a moderate, concerned more with the details of a given case than a broad and predictable judicial philosophy. As the Court moved to the right during the Reagan and Bush administrations, however, Stevens began to ally more often with the liberal bloc. He has voted to uphold Roe v. Wade and a woman's right to abortion, for example, and has resisted the Federalism doctrine that is one of the most notable characteristics of the Rehnquist Court.

As the senior member of the liberal wing, Stevens often controls the assignment of opinions in closely-decided cases. Still, his influence remains uncertain. Many observers point to his quirky and unconventional jurisprudence as a constraint on his ability to lead the Court. They argue that Stevens' individualistic personality keeps him permanently outside the mainstream of the Court and that he lacks the characteristics of a coalition-builder. Nevertheless, in light of the Court's close ideological split and Stevens remarkable intelligence and experience, it would be difficult to discount his role in determining the Court's direction.

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above lifted from
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/legal_entity/101/biography

[conservatrice]

Any word on why GWB hasn't nominated JRB already?

[Heartofsong83]

How embarrasing for those liberal Democrats who attempted a failed filibuster...

[SirLinksalot]

HERE ARE THE VOTES FOLKS :

Republicans	Vote		Democrats	Vote
Alexander (TN)	Y		Akaka (HI)	N
Allard (CO)	Y		Baucus (MT)	N
Allen (VA)	Y		Bayh (IN)	N
Bennett (UT)	Y		Biden (DE)	N
Bond (MO)	Y		Bingaman (NM)	N
Brownback (KS)	Y		Boxer (CA)	N
Bunning (KY)	Y		Byrd (WV)	Y
Burns (MT)	Y		Cantwell (WA)	N
Burr (NC)	Y		Carper (DE)	N
Chafee (RI)	N		Clinton (NY)	N
Chambliss (GA)	Y		Conrad (ND)	Y
Coburn (OK)	Y		Dayton (MN)	N
Cochran (MS)	Y		Dodd (CT)	N
Coleman (MN)	Y		Dorgan (ND)	N
Collins (ME)	Y		Durbin (IL)	N
Cornyn (TX)	Y		Feingold (WI)	N
Craig (ID)	Y		Feinstein (CA)	N
Crapo (ID)	Y		Harkin (IA)	N
DeMint (SC)	Y		Inouye (HI)	N
DeWine (OH)	Y		Johnson (SD)	Y
Dole (NC)	Y		Kennedy (MA)	N
Domenici (NM)	Y		Kerry (MA)	N
Ensign (NV)	Y		Kohl (WI)	N
Enzi (WY)	Y		Landrieu (LA)	N
Frist (TN)	Y		Lautenberg (NJ)	N
Graham (SC)	Y		Leahy (VT)	N
Grassley (IA)	Y		Levin (MI)	N
Gregg (NH)	Y		Lieberman (CT)	N
Hagel (NE)	Y		Lincoln (AR)	N
Hatch (UT)	Y		Menendez (NJ)	N
Hutchison (TX)	Y		Mikulski (MD)	N
Inhofe (OK)	Y		Murray (WA)	N
Isakson (GA)	Y		Nelson, Ben (NE)	Y
Kyl (AZ)	Y		Nelson, Bill (FL)	N
Lott (MS)	Y		Obama (IL)	N
Lugar (IN)	Y		Pryor (AR)	N
Martinez (FL)	Y		Reed, J. (RI)	N
McCain (AZ)	Y		Reid, H. (NV)	N
McConnell (KY)	Y		Rockefeller (WV)	N
Murkowski (AK)	Y		Salazar (CO)	N
Roberts (KS)	Y		Sarbanes (MD)	N
Santorum (PA)	Y		Schumer (NY)	N
Sessions (AL)	Y		Stabenow (MI)	N
Shelby (AL)	Y		Wyden (OR)	N
Smith (OR)	Y
Snowe (ME)	Y		Independent
Specter (PA)	Y		Jeffords (VT)	N
Stevens (AK)	Y
Sununu (NH)	Y
Talent (MO)	Y
Thomas (WY)	Y
Thune (SD)	Y
Vitter (LA)	Y
Voinovich (OH)	Y
Warner (VA)	Y

WHAT THE HECK WAS LINCOLN CHAFEE THINKING ?

[joyspring777]

I love these grouped photos! A Tale of Two perspectives.

[TheRobb7]

"You make, me cry
Abortion rights, bye bye
Ain't that a shame?
My tears fall like rain
Ain't that a shame?
George W.'s to blame

You broke, my heart
Our Caucus, torn apart
Ain't that a shame?
My tears fall like rain
Ain't that a shame?
George W.'s to blame

[RainMan]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x280494
kurth (808 posts) Tue Jan-31-06 11:45 AM
Response to Original message
4. Well the powder was kept dry, even tho it's well past expiration date
Some Democrats will INSIST on keeping the powder dry until we have "extreme circumstances" - like the Second Coming.

[Heartofsong83]

He needs to leave the GOP...he's of no help to the party being to the left of several Democratic senators!