So since it looks like Judge Alito will get confirmed whats do you guys think the final vote will be. Before I get to that I just want to say let's not be too worried now with Alito. On most issues like abortion we still got a 5-4 edge. Let's hope nothing happens to Stevens or Ginsburg then we need to worry.
I think Alito will be confirmed 58-44. I know that the cloture vote passed 75-25 but just because you voted for cloture deosn't mean you like Alito. Take my favorite Senator Barak Obama who said
"I will be supporting the filibuster because I think Judge Alito, in fact, is somebody who is contrary to core American values, not just liberal values," Obama told ABC's "This Week."
But he added, "These last-minute efforts, using procedural maneuvers inside the Beltway, I think, has been the wrong way of going about it."
Anyway so I think that with the exception of Byrd, Johnson, and Nelson (NE) the rest of the Democrats will vote against Alito and all the Republicans will vote yes. The reason that Republicans don't go against party line while Democrats do is because Republicans use dirty tricks like intimidation while the Democrats are better than that.
So anyways make your predictions.