so many, including Republicans, oppose Alito?
John Nichols: GOP moderates right to oppose Alito By John Nichols
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Republican Majority for Choice is the largest pro-choice group in the Republican Party and has more influence than most moderate groups with GOP senators. In addition to Specter, three other Republican senators Rhode Island's Lincoln Chafee, and Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe of Maine serve on the Republican Majority for Choice advisory council. The question now is whether those senators were paying as close attention to Alito's testimony as the group they advise.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2373585&mesg_id=2373599 And CNN:
Poll: Alito should sit on high courtSupreme Court nominee expected to win panel support Tuesday
Monday, January 23, 2006; Posted: 9:16 p.m. EST (02:16 GMT)
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A majority of Americans said the Senate should confirm federal appellate judge Samuel Alito's nomination to the Supreme Court, with just 30 percent opposing his confirmation, according to a poll released Monday.
Only 38 percent of respondents said they think a filibuster by Democratic senators would be justified, and about a third said they believe Alito would vote to overturn the 1973 Supreme Court decision that struck down state laws against abortion.
The CNN/USA Today/Gallup survey of 1,006 U.S. adults was conducted Friday through Sunday and had a sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/23/alito/index.html?section=cnn_latest There was also a list of groups opposing Alito posted here recentely.