Alito filibuster fails as Ted Kennedy has a meltdown
Via Fox News:
WASHINGTON — More than a dozen Senate Democrats supported ending debate on Sam Alito Monday, setting up a final confirmation vote for the Supreme Court nominee on Tuesday morning.
On a 72-25 vote, senators succeeded in passing the 60-vote threshold to prevent a filibuster and allow a simple majority vote Tuesday. At least 57 senators have said publicly they will vote for the nominee.
Alito could be sworn in as early as noon Tuesday, in time for a formal introduction to the nation by President Bush during his State of the Union address Tuesday night.
Alito will become the 110 Supreme Court justice, replacing Justice Sandra Day O’Connor.
Efforts to filibuster Alito began last week when both Massachusetts Democratic Sens. Edward Kennedy and John Kerry announced they would try to lead the charge against Alito. Their efforts won the support of several liberal Democratic senators, including some who had initially opposed a filibuster. Ultimately, though, the senators could not put the brakes on a final confirmation vote.
They might not have been able to put the brakes on a final confirmation vote, but that didn’t stop Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) from voicing his opinion on the matter – and quite passionately, I must say. Michelle Malkin has the details of the Senators red-faced rant against Republicans.
My friend Les doesn’t call him El Senatore Bloviatore for nothin’!
Others commenting: Iowa Voice, Stop The ACLU, bRight and Early, Six Meat Buffet
Related Toldjah So posts:
- Hillary to join Kerry and Kennedy in support of Alito filibuster
- Kerry pushes Alito filibuster
- 10-8 party line vote sets up Senate vote on Alito
- Democrats scrap deal on Alito vote
- Sen. Joe Biden whines because nominees won’t take issue positions
- The Alito confirmation hearings: Day four
- A review of the Senators on Confirmation Row
- Thank you, Sen. Graham
- The Alito confirmation hearings: Day three
- The Alito confirmation hearings: Day two
- Alito confirmation hearings – day one
- Alito confirmation hearing promises to be a slugfest
- Leave Judge Alito’s 90 year old mother alone!
- Alito is “extremist” but Ginsburg is a “moderate”
- Planned Parenthood pulls a NARAL with ad about Alito
- Here we go: Alito is ‘anti-civil rights’
- Does Alito have the votes to get confirmed?
- Bush will pick Alito for Supreme Court