From: Karen/Ohio (65.24.248.181)
Subject: The Alito 48 submitted by Bob Fertik
Date: January 28, 2006 at 6:57 pm PST

The Alito 48
Initially Submitted by Bob Fertik on January 27, 2006 -
12:13am.Sam Alito
Saturday Updates:
Senators are freaking out! They've all turned off their DC
phones and their voicemails are full. Let's try their state
offices (details coming) and get ready to start calling DC
again at 9:00 a.m. on Monday!
Bush is freaking out! He used his Saturday radio address to
demand an "upperdown" vote, exactly 91 days after denying
Harriet Miers her "upperdown" vote! Maybe he's reading his
hopeless polls?
The corporate media whores are freaking out!
Pro-filibuster additions: Paul Sarbanes (#13)
Three Democratic men told us to go @#$% ourselves: Mark
Pryor, Ken Salazar, and Kent Conrad. I'm tracking their
statements at AlitoTraitorWatch
20-odd Senators can't figure out what to do. With a hat-tip
to Josh Marshall, I'm calling them the "Clueless Caucus" and
tracking their statements at AlitoWaffleWatch
Read these great blogs from BuzzFlash, John Nichols,
Huffington Post and BradBlog. And for off-topic fun, don't
miss Bob Geiger's Saturday Cartoons.
Through Vatican spokesman Cardinal Armando, Pope Markos I
blessed the Kossack peasant uprising, and there is much joy
in KosVille!
Watch the Young Turks filibuster
DNC chair Howard Dean told reporters in Rhode Island on
Friday, "we have to do whatever we have to do. I don’t have a
say in whether we have a filibuster but I am very supportive
of what Sen. Kennedy and Sen. Kerry are doing." Great Howard -
then call the Clueless Caucus!
We need to stop George Bush from getting 60 Senators to end
the filibuster on Monday at 4:30 p.m.
That means we must convince 41 Senators to either support a
filibuster or stay away from the Senate on Monday, preferably
by visiting maimed soldiers at Walter Reed Hospital.
Below is a list of 44 Democrats, 1 Independent, and 3
Republicans whose support is possible - the "Alito 48."
We will keep a tally below, relying on youto report back on
your calls.
Crossed out names support the filibuster - don't call them
Underlined names will be absent - which is good but keep
calling them
Bold names will probably vote against Alito, but oppose the
filibuster - call them first! (Our info sources are numbered
and linked)
Regular names will probably vote against Alito, but have not
declared their position on a filibuster - call them second!
Italic names will vote for Alito and against the filibuster -
call them third and try to convince them to change!
This is the latest tally:
Current
Total Goal We Lose
Filibuster supporter: 13 Plan to be Absent: 0 13 48 -
Filibuster opponent: 6+3 Alito supporter: 4 13 0 8

Here are the "Filibuster 48" with their direct phone numbers.
You can also use these toll-free numbers (and ask for the
Senators by name): 888-355-3588 or 888-818-6641.
Ask the question clearly: will Senator X support John Kerry's
filibuster of Judge Alito, or will (s)he oppose Kerry's
filibuster?
We need a firm yes or no - be polite but persistent.
Post the results of your calls in the comments below.
Filibuster Supporters
Barbara Boxer (D- CA) , 202-224-3553
Dianne Feinstein (D- CA) , 202-224-3841 (1,)
Christopher J. Dodd (D- CT), 202-224-2823 (1,)
Richard J. Durbin (D- IL) , 202-224-2152
John F. Kerry (D- MA) , 202-224-2742
Edward M. Kennedy (D- MA) , 202-224-4543
Paul S. Sarbanes (D- MD), 202-224-4524
Debbie A. Stabenow (D- MI) , 202-224-4822
Harry Reid (D- NV) , 202-224-3542
Hillary Rodham Clinton (D- NY) , 202-224-4451
Charles Schumer (D- NY) , 202-224-6542
Ron Wyden (D- OR) , 202-224-5244
Russell D. Feingold (D- WI) , 202-224-5323
The Clueless Caucus: For Details visit AlitoWaffleWatch
Blanche Lambert Lincoln (D- AR), 202-224-4843
Joseph I. Lieberman (D- CT), 202-224-4041
Thomas R. Carper (D- DE), 202-224-2441
Daniel K. Inouye (D- HI), 202-224-3934
Tom Harkin (D- IA), 202-224-3254
Barack Obama (D- IL), 202-224-2854
Evan Bayh (D- IN), 202-224-5623
Barbara A. Mikulski (D- MD), 202-224-4654
Carl Levin (D- MI), 202-224-6221
Mark Dayton (D- MN), 202-224-3244
Max Baucus (D- MT), 202-224-2651
Frank Lautenberg (D- NJ), 202-224-3224
Robert Menendez (D- NJ), 202-224-4744
Jeff Bingaman (D- NM), 202-224-5521
Jack Reed (D- RI), 202-224-4642
Lincoln D. Chafee (R- RI), 202-224-2921
Patrick J. Leahy (D- VT), 202-224-4242
Maria Cantwell (D- WA), 202-224-3441
Patty Murray (D- WA), 202-224-2621
Herb Kohl (D- WI), 202-224-5653
John D. Rockefeller, IV (D- WV), 202-224-6472
James M. Jeffords (I- VT), 202-224-5141

Filibuster Opponents - silent & scared
Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D- DE) , 202-224-5042
Bill Nelson (D- FL), 202-224-5274
Daniel K. Akaka (D- HI) (1,), 202-224-6361
Mary Landrieu (D- LA) (1,), 202-224-5824
Byron L. Dorgan (D- ND) (1,), 202-224-2551
Olympia Snowe (R- ME) (1,), 202-224-5344
Filibuster Opponents - loud & proud
Mark Pryor (D- AR), 202-224-2353
Ken Salazar (D- CO) , 202-224-5852
Kent Conrad (D- ND) (1,), 202-224-2043
Alito Supporters
Ben Nelson (D-NE) 202-224-6551
Tim Johnson (D- SD) , 202-224-5842
Robert C. Byrd (D- WV) , 202-224-3954
Ted Stevens (R- AK) , 202-224-3004

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