Filibuster - Who is for and against

These are people that I have seen listed as having stated an official position on how they would vote. Any others?

For
Kerry
Kennedy
Durbin
Feingold
Boxer
Stabenow
Wyden

Against
Landrieu
Akaka
Dorgan
Salazar
Biden

+ of course, Byrd, Johnson, and Ben Nelson.

.... the "against" list is ALREADY too long :grr:

Let's be honest: the only reason why Kerry had to lead this effort rather than one of the big names in the Judiciary Committee (except for Ted K. of course) is that they dont have the vote.

After his brilliant performance as a questioner?

I dont have a link - It was on CBS earlier.

I don't know where people get the little sarcasm thingie (or any of the other things other than smilie faces.

It was more like a Princeton Alumni pep rally. :eyes:

As for where to get the smilies, the next time you are editing a post, look just above the Subject line, and you should see a link that says 'Smilies lookup table'. Click on that, and it will give you a pop-up box with all the smilies.

nomination about the same as Frist voting for the filibuster. Bye bye Biden.

Not one freaking Republican has broken rank thus far. What does this say for the Democratic Party? It's disgusting.

posted in GD, about damn time.

Maybe that Molly Irvins op did her some good.

This is great news!

all the calls, faxes, emails, singing telegrams, etc are having an effect. That's why we need to keep it up.

I really hope so, and I hope she comes out publicly and says so too. Maybe a little more pressure on her to make a statement would be in order.

I would be happy to eat my words if Hillary starts leading instead of posturing.

and twist her arm. :evilgrin:

n/t

Say they oppose a filibuster, and may vote to approve Alito. :puke:

http://rawstory.com/admin/dbscripts/printstory.php?story=1779

Hillary coming out in support of the filibuster. This, IMO, means that this is the right thing to do to show that you stand for something (we know Kerry does) and it doesn't matter whether the votes are there or not. If Clinton, who has presidential aspirations, is sticking her neck out when there's no need to, there must be something to gain. And it seems the ones who aren't (especially those voting no) just don't care that Alito is the wrong choice. Those Democrats who plan to support him have completely lost me, because Kerry made a compelling and strong argument against him, and similar arguments have been made by others from both parties, including John Dean. So what gives?




edited to make sense

bullied by the Republicans. Don't they know the best way to handle bullies is to stand up to them. Really, they are afraid of the pro abortion tag and the church issues.

to this red state Dem problem. Those senators are always at risk of retaliation by their constituents or the repugs. They will always be liabilities for the rest of the Dems in the senate.
And why is it, that blue state Repugs have no problem towing the party line, and suffer no backlash, either?
How can we ever get around this problem short of splitting the country into two separate nations?

They are already being bullied by the Rethugs, by virtue of the fact that they won't stand up against them. So what do they have to lose? They've already shown that theur self-respect is gone.

and apparently Schumer is on board too
http://www.amhersttimes.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=669&Itemid=27

Thanks for keeping track.

http://realvalues.blogspot.com/2006/01/change-of-heart-feinstein-to-support.html

Change of Heart - Feinstein to Support Filibuster
Filibuster support is mounting!

From DiFi's office:

Senator Feinstein to Vote No on Cloture for the Nomination of Judge Samuel Alito to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court

Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today announced that she will vote no on cloture regarding the nomination of Judge Samuel A. Alito, Jr. to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.

“Based on a very long and thoughtful analysis of the record and transcript, which I tried to indicate in my floor statement yesterday, I’ve decided that I will vote no on cloture.”

...anything about Leahy?

Check GD Alito. He is conducting a poll at all of his offices to gauge support for the filibuster. I called, too, and got through on the second try. The staffer immediately assumed I was calling in favor of the filibuster and was very friendly!

http://www.wfsb.com/Global/story.asp?S=4420803

Connecticut Sen. Christopher Dodd plans to support the filibuster effort, spokeswoman Stacie Paxton said Friday.

"He will vote against cloture," said Paxton, using a Senate term for ending a filibuster.

Dodd and the state's other Democratic senator, Sen. Joe Lieberman, have both said they will vote against Alito.

posted at Kos (support filibuster):

Barbara Boxer (D- CA)
Dianne Feinstein (D- CA)
Christopher J. Dodd (D- CT)
Richard J. Durbin (D- IL)
John F. Kerry (D- MA)
Edward M. Kennedy (D- MA)
Paul S. Sarbanes (D- MD)
Debbie A. Stabenow (D- MI)
Harry Reid (D- NV)
Hillary Rodham Clinton (D- NY)
Charles Schumer (D- NY)
Ron Wyden (D- OR)
Russell D. Feingold (D- WI)
Barack Obama (D-IL)
Robert Menendez (D-NJ)

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/1/28/1420/46748


edited to add: can't find any confirmation on Obama and Menendez.

Menendez - is he the one that took over Corzine's seat?
Dam - Corzine would have been one of the first to sign up.
Maybe he is advising his replacement to do it?

that Obama may be joining the filibuster after all. Saw it on Kos, but it hasn't been confirmed yet.

Neither staff was saying where their Senator is. Part of the problem may be that Alito is from NJ. (Not a good reason). Menendez's seat is up this year and he will face a primary battle. This fact could be important. I know very little about him - and will likely still know little when I will have to vote in the primary. I will vote against or for him IN THE PRIMARY based on this

From http://www.taylormarsh.com posted today

ALL YOU NEED TO WIN THE FIGHT AGAINST ALITO

These senators need to hear from you...

Blanche Lambert Lincoln (D- AR), 202-224-4843
Joseph I. Lieberman (D- CT), 202-224-4041
Thomas R. Carper (D- DE), 202-224-2441
Daniel K. Inouye (D- HI), 202-224-3934
Tom Harkin (D- IA), 202-224-3254
Barack Obama (D- IL), 202-224-2854
Evan Bayh (D- IN), 202-224-5623
Barbara A. Mikulski (D- MD), 202-224-4654
Carl Levin (D- MI), 202-224-6221
Mark Dayton (D- MN), 202-224-3244
Max Baucus (D- MT), 202-224-2651
Frank Lautenberg (D- NJ), 202-224-3224
Robert Menendez (D- NJ), 202-224-4744
Jeff Bingaman (D- NM), 202-224-5521
Jack Reed (D- RI), 202-224-4642
Lincoln D. Chafee (R- RI), 202-224-2921
Patrick J. Leahy (D- VT), 202-224-4242
Maria Cantwell (D- WA), 202-224-3441
Patty Murray (D- WA), 202-224-2621
Herb Kohl (D- WI), 202-224-5653
John D. Rockefeller, IV (D- WV), 202-224-6472
James M. Jeffords (I- VT), 202-224-5141

Filibuster Opponents "silent and scared"

Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D- DE) , 202-224-5042
Bill Nelson (D- FL), 202-224-5274
Daniel K. Akaka (D- HI) (1,), 202-224-6361
Mary Landrieu (D- LA) (1,), 202-224-5824
Byron L. Dorgan (D- ND) (1,), 202-224-2551
Olympia Snowe (R- ME) (1,), 202-224-5344

Filibuster Opponents

Mark Pryor (D- AR), 202-224-2353
Ken Salazar (D- CO) , 202-224-5852
Kent Conrad (D- ND) (1,), 202-224-2043

Alito Supporters - We might as well have Republicans in these seats, because Alito is the Supreme Court fight of our lifetime.
Ben Nelson (D-NE) 202-224-6551
Tim Johnson (D- SD) , 202-224-5842
Robert C. Byrd (D- WV) , 202-224-3954
Ted Stevens (R- AK) , 202-224-3004

posted at Kos (support filibuster):

Barbara Boxer (D- CA)
Dianne Feinstein (D- CA)
Christopher J. Dodd (D- CT)
Richard J. Durbin (D- IL)
John F. Kerry (D- MA)
Edward M. Kennedy (D- MA)
Paul S. Sarbanes (D- MD)
Debbie A. Stabenow (D- MI)
Harry Reid (D- NV)
Hillary Rodham Clinton (D- NY)
Charles Schumer (D- NY)
Ron Wyden (D- OR)
Russell D. Feingold (D- WI)
Barack Obama (D-IL) (as of this morning)
Joe Biden (D-DE) for one round as of yhis morning

Menendez (D-NJ) (conflicting rumors).

I am confused.