Vote in 56-43 on Owen.

[sinkingfeeling]

[sweetheart]

1. Down or Up?

Is that 56 believe hanging is better than injection?

[ClintonTyree]

2. Up or down....

up or down, up or down. Shit. Great compromise.

[Goblinmonger]

3. I am so damn happy

because even though this fascist is on the bench for life, we still have the filibuster. :sarcasm: Wonder when we get to use the filibuster?

[NewYorkerfromMass]

9. after Rehnquist leaves

you'll know.

[Goblinmonger]

24. Yeah, right

Frist won't go nuclear at that filibuster, because we have a deal. And if you believe that, I have a kiss my ass for you.

[H2O Man]

15. When it's not needed.

A huge victory, I tell you.

[GreenPartyVoter]

17. Seriously

this is a disaster in the making and there is just no other way of painting it.

[ComerPerro]

26. See, I agree

We still have it, but we can only use it when the GOP moderates think the nominee is "extreme".

If this fascist isn't extreme, who the hell is?

[Internut]

28. if the GOP moderates think the nominee is "extreme",

they vote against the nominee and the filibuster is not needed.

[ComerPerro]

32. Just like they did today, I take it?

I mean, what does it take to get someone labled "extreme" anyway?

[Internut]

33. I doubt the Republican seven will find any

nominee extreme enough. But what I was pointing out was that the filibuster is dead either way. If the seven don't think the moninee is extreme, they will not allow the filibuster. If they do, filibuster is not needed.

[ComerPerro]

38. Yeah, that's true

I misunderstood. But I was just thinking that too.

If they agree that its extreme, they can just vote "no".

That would be even better.

[LibDemAlways]

30. Chimp would have to nominate

a convicted serial murderer before even a few repukes would object. This deal was basically a green light for him to put the neanderthal of his choosing on the SCOTUS.

[Walt Starr]

35. How would you have handled the nuclear option showdown differently?

All I hear from those who criticize the agreement is flamboyant grandstanding, yet the only alternative was to allow the nuclear option to go through and leave us with no opportunity to stop a nutball from replacing O'Connor next year.

[Goblinmonger]

37. A nutball is going to replace O'Connor next year

don't you get it. They won't let us filibuster when she is off the bench. We had a showdown with them and we blinked. We had the public on our side and we showed the angry dog some fear. Now, when we want to filibuster the O'Connor replacement, they will just say that we are deal busters because "this person isn't extreme" and then threaten to go nuclear again. Except this time the public won't be on our side because the last time we had this fight, we grabbed our ankles and asked the pledge master if we could have another.

How would I have handled it differently? Fuck 'em. Make them do the nuclear option. It never would have happened. They know the public was against them. The middle of the road Republicans would never have voted for it. And even if I am wrong, at least they would have looked like the dicks and we would be no further behind because WE ONLY GET TO PLAY WITH THE TOY (FILIBUSTER) WHEN THE REPUBLICANS SAY WE CAN. THEY GET TO DETERMINE IF SOMETHING IS EXTREME OR THEY WILL JUST TROT OUT THE NUCLEAR OPTION AGAIN. Nothing has changed for them, but we had to let this corporate pig Owens onto the bench and Bolton, the fucking bastard, will be our "I Hate All of You Bastards" representative to the UN. Where is the upside to this deal?

[artfan]

4. dems

should have forced the pukes to use the uKuLLar option then when they get their turn at bat shove it down their throats

[LightningFlash]

5. Who was in the vote?

Who voted for who, show the logs.

[smartvoter]

6. Who was the one who switched? nt

[wicket]

11. Byrd

He voted for Owen

[cdb]

7. So how did we win??

We threatened to filibuster to block her, again. We didn't filibuster and now we are stuck with her. How is it a win?

[H2O Man]

19. A huge win.

Don't you get it? Frist wanted her voted in. The democrats stood their ground, and kept her .... wait! Something doesn't add up ..... but it MUST be a huge win, for even the media said it was.

[Roland99]

8. Someone didn't vote.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

10. Was it Inouye?

The roll isn't up yet, I'm just guessing it may have been.

[Roland99]

18. Roll's up...it was him.

[bvar22]

23. Yes. Inouye didn't vote.

The other Democrat(?) who voted for the Republicans was DLC member Landrieu, along with Byrd.

Lieberman and the other conservativeDemocrats(?)and DLC members who cut the "DEAL" voted with their Party against Owens.
Why hang it out in oublic when you don't have to?
They will still get their checks from their Corporate owners.

[im10ashus]

12. Here's the vote record:

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=1&vote=00128

[Solly Mack]

13. Votes by Yea/Nay

YEAs ---56
Alexander (R-TN)
Allard (R-CO)
Allen (R-VA)
Bennett (R-UT)
Bond (R-MO)
Brownback (R-KS)
Bunning (R-KY)
Burns (R-MT)
Burr (R-NC)
Byrd (D-WV)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Coburn (R-OK)
Cochran (R-MS)
Coleman (R-MN)
Collins (R-ME)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Craig (R-ID)
Crapo (R-ID)
DeMint (R-SC)
DeWine (R-OH)
Dole (R-NC)
Domenici (R-NM)
Ensign (R-NV)
Enzi (R-WY)
Frist (R-TN)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Gregg (R-NH)
Hagel (R-NE)
Hatch (R-UT)
Hutchison (R-TX)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Isakson (R-GA)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Lott (R-MS)
Lugar (R-IN)
Martinez (R-FL)
McCain (R-AZ)
McConnell (R-KY)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Roberts (R-KS)
Santorum (R-PA)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Smith (R-OR)
Snowe (R-ME)
Specter (R-PA)
Stevens (R-AK)
Sununu (R-NH)
Talent (R-MO)
Thomas (R-WY)
Thune (R-SD)
Vitter (R-LA)
Voinovich (R-OH)
Warner (R-VA)

NAYs ---43
Akaka (D-HI)
Baucus (D-MT)
Bayh (D-IN)
Biden (D-DE)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Boxer (D-CA)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Carper (D-DE)
Chafee (R-RI)
Clinton (D-NY)
Conrad (D-ND)
Corzine (D-NJ)
Dayton (D-MN)
Dodd (D-CT)
Dorgan (D-ND)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feingold (D-WI)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Harkin (D-IA)
Jeffords (I-VT)
Johnson (D-SD)
Kennedy (D-MA)
Kerry (D-MA)
Kohl (D-WI)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Leahy (D-VT)
Levin (D-MI)
Lieberman (D-CT)
Lincoln (D-AR)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murray (D-WA)
Nelson (D-FL)
Nelson (D-NE)
Obama (D-IL)
Pryor (D-AR)
Reed (D-RI)
Reid (D-NV)
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Salazar (D-CO)
Sarbanes (D-MD)
Schumer (D-NY)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Wyden (D-OR)

Not Voting - 1
Inouye (D-HI)

[im10ashus]

14. WTF is wrong with Byrd? n/t

[Solly Mack]

16. I wouldn't even attempt to explain a yes vote for Owens

[LightningFlash]

27. Everyone should thank Lincoln Chaffee....

For refusing to vote for this obvious rigid lobotomy of the appellate courts.

http://senate.gov

He broke with party lines to vote against the selected Owen. If only other Senators, even Voinovich, had the absolute spine to do that.

[Quixote1818]

36. Chafee should just switch partys. nt

[GOPisEvil]

20. I can't believe this corporate fascist is on the bench for life.

The family of Willie Searcy thanks the US Senate.

This woman is wholly unqualified to hold this job.

[ArkDem]

21. Now Bolton will get in too.

[FreedomAngel82]

22. Of course

Even though some republicans might speak out against him they'd still vote for him because they "believe the president should get his nominee's." Not when he has a (d) by their name. Fucking assholes.

[insane_cratic_gal]

25. The pResident with

the a approval rating of 43%

Sure keep on voting for his agenda because he deserves his nominees!

Why are they not worried?, Could be that Focus On the Family is far scarier then the American public? Does * have them all wired with stun guns or some shit? What threat does he hold over them!

I don't think I can wait 1 yr for elections, 4 years for a life raft. I don't think America has it in her to substain the abuse.

/sigh

[Ms. Clio]

29. Gosh I'm so glad we made this deal

So the optimists who were predicting last night that Owen wouldn't make it were wrong again, per usual.

[Suziq]

31. I Feel Sick . . .

I am SO glad I am almost able to retire (3 more years, I hope). I really feel sorry for the younger workers.

Pissy Owens never met a corporation she did not like. :grr:





:hippie:

[paineinthearse]

34. Numbers are nice, but please post the names.

Should be available by now from the Clerk of the Senate's website.