Saturday, February 03, 2007
Sen. Tim Johnson May Break Filibuster
That's right, my dear GOP wingnuts, "after suffering a brain injury in December, Johnson is "initiating conversations with friends and family. He's also reading letters and cards, a sign that his mental sharpness is steadily improving," writes the Sioux Falls Argus Leader via Political Wire.
And the ground breaking news is that "[i]f Democrats need his vote to approve a resolution opposing a troop increase in Iraq, [Senate Majority Leader] Reid told McClatchy-Tribune News Service, he might bring Johnson in."
Let's look at the cloture tally:
TPM Cafe has an excellent post about the GOP Class of '08.On the Democratic side:Akaka, Daniel K.- (D - HI), Baucus, Max- (D - MT), Bayh, Evan- (D - IN), Biden, Joseph R., Jr.- (D - DE), Bingaman, Jeff- (D - NM), Boxer, Barbara- (D - CA), Brown, Sherrod- (D - OH), Byrd, Robert C.- (D - WV), Cantwell, Maria- (D - WA), Cardin, Benjamin L.- (D - MD), Carper, Thomas R.- (D - DE), Casey, Robert P., Jr.- (D - PA), Clinton, Hillary Rodham- (D - NY), Conrad, Kent- (D - ND), Dodd, Christopher J.- (D - CT), Dorgan, Byron L.- (D - ND), Durbin, Richard- (D - IL), Feingold, Russell D.- (D - WI), Feinstein, Dianne- (D - CA), Harkin, Tom- (D - IA), Inouye, Daniel K.- (D - HI), Kennedy, Edward M.- (D - MA), Kerry, John F.- (D - MA), Klobuchar, Amy- (D - MN), Kohl, Herb- (D - WI), Landrieu, Mary L.- (D - LA), Lautenberg, Frank R.- (D - NJ), Leahy, Patrick J.- (D - VT), Levin, Carl- (D - MI), Lincoln, Blanche L.- (D - AR), McCaskill, Claire- (D - MO), Menendez, Robert- (D - NJ), Mikulski, Barbara A.- (D - MD), Murray, Patty- (D - WA), Nelson, Bill- (D - FL), Nelson, E. Benjamin- (D - NE), Obama, Barack- (D - IL), Pryor, Mark L.- (D - AR), Reed, Jack- (D - RI), Reid, Harry- (D - NV), Rockefeller, John D., IV- (D - WV), Salazar, Ken- (D - CO), Schumer, Charles E.- (D - NY), Stabenow, Debbie- (D - MI), Tester, Jon- (D - MT), Webb, Jim- (D - VA), Whitehouse, Sheldon- (D - RI) and Wyden, Ron- (D - OR).
On the Independent side: Sanders, Bernard- (I - VT).
On the Republican side: Brownback, Sam- (R - KS), Coleman, Norm- (R - MN), Collins, Susan M.- (R - ME), Hagel, Chuck- (R - NE), Snowe, Olympia J.- (R - ME), Specter, Arlen- (R - PA), Warner, John- (R - VA) L
Possible Defections: Alexander, Lamar- (R - TN), Gregg, Judd- (R - NH) , Murkowski, Lisa- (R - AK) and Sununu, John E.- (R - NH)
Less likely defections: Craig, Larry E.- (R - ID), Dole, Elizabeth- (R - NC), Domenici, Pete V.- (R - NM) and Voinovich, George V.- (R - OH) .
Unknowns: Corker, Bob- (R - TN) and Vitter, David- (R - LA)
Up for reelection in 2008 are class 2 senators: Alexander, Lamar- (R - TN), Allard, Wayne- (R - CO), Baucus, Max- (D - MT), Biden, Joseph R., Jr.- (D - DE), Chambliss, Saxby- (R - GA), Cochran, Thad- (R - MS), Coleman, Norm- (R - MN), Collins, Susan M.- (R - ME), Cornyn, John- (R - TX), Craig, Larry E.- (R - ID), Dole, Elizabeth- (R - NC), Domenici, Pete V.- (R - NM), Durbin, Richard- (D - IL), Enzi, Michael B.- (R - WY), Graham, Lindsey- (R - SC), Hagel, Chuck- (R - NE), Harkin, Tom- (D - IA), Inouye, Daniel K.- (D - HI), Johnson, Tim- (D - SD), Kerry, John F.- (D - MA), Landrieu, Mary L.- (D - LA), Lautenberg, Frank R.- (D - NJ), Levin, Carl- (D - MI), McConnell, Mitch- (R - KY), Pryor, Mark L.- (D - AR), Reed, Jack- (D - RI), Roberts, Pat- (R - KS), Rockefeller, John D., IV- (D - WV), Sessions, Jeff- (R - AL), Smith, Gordon H.- (R - OR), Stevens, Ted- (R - AK), Sununu, John E.- (R - NH) and Warner, John- (R - VA).
