Durbin On Record: Thinks we've got 41 votes against the Alito nomination!

[IndyOp]

CALL FOR A FILIBUSTER AGAINST ALITO

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) is on record as having stated that he thinks we've got 41 votes against the Alito nomination.

Various activist citizen lobbies maintain toll free numbers so you can lobby your own senators on this issue. Call the Capitol Switchboard toll free and ask for your senator's office (both of them, one at a time, and if you live in a Republican-controlled state, even better yet):
1-888 355 3588
1-888 818 6641
1-877 851 6437

If you have some really good arguments against the Alito nomination to offer your senators, faxing is the best way to get "read." http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=224519&mesg_id=224519">Click HERE for thread with Free PFAW FAX and email links / phone numbers for key Senators; leaders; Gang of 14!

Need a good argument? Here's one: Samuel Alito throughout his professional career has demonstrated that he'll say anything and do anything to get the job he's interviewing for. He'll lie (if his testimony to date is to be believed), he'll cheat (taking the opposite view of his testimony on the bench, just as he has as a judge writing stinking dissenting opinions), he'll steal (by taking away our constitutional rights). After all, it's the new Republican Way.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=224519&mesg_id=224519">Click HERE for thread with Free PFAW FAX and email links / phone numbers for key Senators; leaders; Gang of 14!

[Coexist]

1. K & R

[kiteinthewind]

2. Thanks for posting!!

I have been calling, emailing, faxing for several days now. We need to keep calling, Dems AND Repugs. It's THAT important!
:kick:

[GrpCaptMandrake]

3. By saying "will vote against Alito,"

are we saying "will vote against cloture?"

41 voting against Alito doesn't matter. A simple majority is sufficient to confirm the nomination.

41 votes against cloture will, however, kill the nomination and compel the Repig senate leadership to trigger the "nooookyuler" option, if they have the guts.

Just looking for some clarification on the OP.

Thanks

[onenote]

4. sadly, it doesn't seem that way

for example, Feinstein reportedly has declared that she will vote against confirmation, but will not support a filibuster. I suspect she's not the only one.

onenote

[GrpCaptMandrake]

5. That was my concern

When we allow mugwump dems to say "Well, I'll vote against him," but don't hold their feet to the fire about cloture, we set ourselves up.

I'm not satisfied to lose with a strong "No" vote, and neither should any of us.

Some misinformed folks may have wasted some otherwise fine efforts on begging democrats to vote against Alito. We don't need that. The Repig majority is sufficient to put Alito on the bench.

What we must demand is support for a vote against cloture. That's the filibuster, plain and simple. If Feinsetein, for instance, won't vote against cloture, then she needs to be told to go ahead and vote for Alito and quit jerking the progressives' chain.

As Liberals, Democrats, Progressives, we're idealistic, not stupid.

[WyLoochka]

7. She didn't say categorically

that she would not support a filibuster. Things have changed somewhat since she made this reference 10 days or so ago. She has learned that a lot of her fellow Dems (being pushed hard by their constituents) are dead set against confirming Alito on the grounds that doing so would have the effect of removing the checks and balances, stripping the legislative branch of its constitutional powers and handing all the power over to the executive branch.

Keep the pressure on her.

[mom cat]

8. That report is now obsolete. Her office is now saying that all options are

on the table! The ONLY reason they are excited about having the magic number 41 is because it takes 41 votes to defeat cloture. Sounds like the filibuster is ON. :bounce:

[onenote]

9. thanks for the update

As my post indicated, it had been reported that she wasn't supporting a filibuster. Happy to hear that report may not be accurate!!

[mom cat]

17. When she made her first statement, it was looking hopeless. She said

that she did not think that there would be a filibuster, not that she was dead set against one. By last Friday, her office was saying that everything was on the table. Please help correct this misinformation wherever you see it.
And be on the lookout for a lot of attempts at disinformation in the days ahead.

[IndyOp]

12. I did *not* know Feinstein had changed her tune! All options are ON

the table! :bounce:

[mom cat]

16. That is the last that I heard... Noone would care if the 41 votes we had

we had were only againdt Alito and not for the filibuster. The Reason that 41 is important is because that is what it takes to sustain a filibuster. If this was not the aim all along, there would have been no reason to delay the vote for a week. The delay was to get enough support for the filibuster...Keep calling and faxing...ITS WORKING.

[bettyellen]

20. mom cat, indy Op, and wordie: i just want to thank all you guys

:yourock:

[mom cat]

21. And You Too! I have seen your tireless efforts on this. What a Team!

:yourock::yourock::yourock::yourock::yourock::yourock::yourock::yourock:

[mom cat]

6. K&R...This is such a useful post. Thanks for all your work!

:yourock::yourock::yourock::yourock::yourock::yourock::yourock::yourock:

[blm]

10. 14 miners die in 3wks, this country doesn't need a pro-corporatist on the

Supreme Court ruling AGAINST workers, their safety, and AGAINST consumers.

There are enough pro-corporatists on the court already. Workers and consumers need representation.

[IndyOp]

13. 14 miners die in 3 weeks - a perfect, heartbreaking reason

why we don't need pro-corporatist Alito - :cry:

[rg302200]

15. Exactly

Being from the Appalachia region I feel for everyone one of those miners and their families.

Alito would only cause more deaths due to his corporate cronyism!

[Snivi Yllom]

11. that means they will take more heat when they don't filibuster

i'm willing to bet they wont filibuster

prove me wrong

[bettyellen]

18. as if proving you wrong is anyone's priority right now.

what an ego.

[Snivi Yllom]

22. huh?

metaphorically speaking to the Senators

step away from the coffee

[bettyellen]

23. silly me, i thought you were responding to the OP

maybe because technically you were?

[crikkett]

14. I'm just dying to know who the 41 might be. n/t

[radio4progressives]

19. K&R

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