Watch this space for the live blogging of the confirmation vote of Judge Samuel Alito.

Right now, Senators are still arguing over Alito's confirmation, but frankly, I'm not hearing anything new. Senator Patrick Leahy is accusing President Bush of trying ot pack the Court. Funny, I don't recall Leahy accusing President Clinton of packing the Court with his nominations of Breyer and Ginsburg... Leahy says Bush broke his promise to "be a uniter and not a dvider." Leahy seems to think Bush should nominate judges that meet the approval of Democrats (i.e judicial activists that support abortion on demand and affirmative action legalized discrimination) Never mind the fact that Bush received a majority of the vote in 2004, something President Clinton never achieved, but the Republicans in Congress did not turn the confirmation process into a partisan war, and Clinton's nominees were confirmed easily.

Should a Democrat ever occupy the White House again and have the opportunity to nominate a a liberal to the Supreme Court, I highly doubt we'll hear the same rhetoric then from Democrats about "consensus" nominees, "uniting not dividing," etc. etc.

Based on votes that have already been declared, it doesn't appear Alito will get 60 votes.

10:47 am ET: Reid is playing the Miers card, and sounded like he was reciting some of the GOP's talking points from after she was nominated!

10:56 am ET: Reid: "Blah, blah, blah..."

10:59 am ET: Waiting for the vote to begin... Reid says Bush didn't have to nominate a clone of O'Connor, but that he doesn't hhave a mandate to move the court in a rightward direction... So, did Clinton have a mandate to move the Court leftward?

11:01 am ET: Frist is up. Says there is little left to be said, so he will be brief.

11:05 am ET: The final vote is posted in the extended entry...

11:14 am ET.: still waiting for votes to be cast, but most were previously declared. The only unknown vote we're still wwaiting for is from Senator Rockefeller (D-WV)... Vote is currently 58-41. Alito is in...

11:14 am. ET: Rockefeller votes no. Ayes 58, No 42...

Alito is confirmed!

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Akaka (D-HI) - No
Alexander (R-TN) - Yes
Allard (R-CO) - Yes
Allen (R-VA) - Yes
Baucus (D-MT) - No
Bayh (D-IN) - No
Bennett (R-UT) - Yes
Biden (D-DE) - No
Bingaman (D-NM) - No
Bond (R-MO) - Yes

Boxer (D-CA) - No
Brownback (R-KS) - Yes
Bunning (R-KY) - Yes
Burns (R-MT) - Yes
Burr (R-NC) - Yes
Byrd (D-WV) - Yes
Cantwell (D-WA) - No
Carper (D-DE) - No
Chafee (R-RI) - No
Chambliss (R-GA) - Yes

Clinton (D-NY) - No
Coburn (R-OK) - Yes
Cochran (R-MS) - Yes
Coleman (R-MN) - Yes
Collins (R-ME) - Yes
Conrad (D-ND) - Yes
Cornyn (R-TX) - Yes
Craig (R-ID) - Yes
Crapo (R-ID) - Yes
Dayton (D-MN) - No

DeMint (R-SC) - Yes
DeWine (R-OH) - Yes
Dodd (D-CT) - No
Dole (R-NC) - Yes
Domenici (R-NM) - Yes
Dorgan (D-ND) - No
Durbin (D-IL) - No
Ensign (R-NV) - Yes
Enzi (R-WY) - Yes
Feingold (D-WI) - No

Feinstein (D-CA) - No
Frist (R-TN) - Yes
Graham (R-SC) - Yes
Grassley (R-IA) - Yes
Gregg (R-NH) - Yes
Hagel (R-NE) - Yes
Harkin (D-IA) - No
Hatch (R-UT) - Yes
Hutchison (R-TX) - Yes
Inhofe (R-OK) - Yes

Inouye (D-HI) - No
Isakson (R-GA) - Yes
Jeffords (I-VT) - No
Johnson (D-SD) - Yes
Kennedy (D-MA) - No
Kerry (D-MA) - No
Kohl (D-WI) - No
Kyl (R-AZ) - Yes
Landrieu (D-LA) - No
Lautenberg (D-NJ) - No

Leahy (D-VT) - No
Levin (D-MI) - No
Lieberman (D-CT) - No
Lincoln (D-AR) - No
Lott (R-MS) - Yes
Lugar (R-IN) - Yes
Martinez (R-FL) - Yes
McCain (R-AZ) - Yes
McConnell (R-KY) - Yes
Menendez (D-NJ) - No

Mikulski (D-MD) - No
Murkowski (R-AK) - Yes
Murray (D-WA) - No
Nelson (D-FL) - No
Nelson (D-NE) - Yes
Obama (D-IL) - No
Pryor (D-AR) - No
Reed (D-RI) - No
Reid (D-NV) - No
Roberts (R-KS) - Yes

Rockefeller (D-WV) - No
Salazar (D-CO) - No
Santorum (R-PA) - Yes
Sarbanes (D-MD) - No
Schumer (D-NY) - No
Sessions (R-AL) - Yes
Shelby (R-AL) - Yes
Smith (R-OR) - Yes
Snowe (R-ME) - Yes
Specter (R-PA) - Yes

Stabenow (D-MI) - No
Stevens (R-AK) - Yes
Sununu (R-NH) - Yes
Talent (R-MO) - Yes
Thomas (R-WY) - Yes
Thune (R-SD) - Yes
Vitter (R-LA) - Yes
Voinovich (R-OH) - Yes
Warner (R-VA) - Yes
Wyden (D-OR) - No

Posted by Matt at January 31, 2006 10:58 AM

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Comments

Confirm him! It's the will of the American people.

Posted by: Burky at January 31, 2006 10:33 AM

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I think Reid was sweet on Miers.

Posted by: dl at January 31, 2006 10:56 AM

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Who's taking bets on when the first loon will come out saying the confirmation process was rushed and did not take the "traditional" 48 years to confirm?

Posted by: Jonathan at January 31, 2006 12:08 PM

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Yeehaw! I can just see the Libs. head in hands, or wringing their hands! Oh no, this is the end of the world! Well just one more reason for them to hate America!

Posted by: bearmanUSMC at January 31, 2006 01:04 PM

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Lieberman is a disappointing but not unexpected vote. Guess he is a little worried about that political carrer of his!

Posted by: bearmanUSMC at January 31, 2006 01:09 PM

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Lieberman is a disappointing but not unexpected vote. Guess he is a little worried about that political carrer of his!

Posted by: bearmanUSMC at January 31, 2006 01:14 PM

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So how did Feinstein eventually vote? I wonder if it will appease her potential opposition for re-election, Cindy Sheehan.

Posted by: Carl at January 31, 2006 01:26 PM

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Well everything went as I expected. I'm glad he was finally confirmed!

Posted by: Gozer at January 31, 2006 05:22 PM

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WOOHOO!!! Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was front and center during the President's State of the Union address tonight! YEAH!!!
:)

Posted by: Freedom1 at January 31, 2006 11:24 PM

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