DEMS WHO VOTED AGAINST THE ALITO FILIBUSTER

Here are the Democrats who voted against the Alito filibuster. Remember their names. In so many cases I'm totally bewildered, let alone disappointed. As Ted Kennedy said today on the Senate floor, this is the most important vote Senators can make. And these men and women voted against preserving the Constitution, against the uniquely American system of checks and balances, against their party, and ultimately for a rollback of decades of progress in human and civil rights.

Akaka (Hawaii)
Baucus (Montana)
Bingaman (New Mexico)
Byrd (West Virginia)
Cantwell (Washington)
Carper (Delaware)
Conrad (North Dakota)
Dorgan (North Dakota)
Inouye (Hawaii)
Johnson (South Dakota)
Kohl (Wisconsin)
Landrieu (Louisiana)
Lieberman (Connecticut)
Lincoln (Arkansas)
Nelson (Florida)
Nelson (Nebraska)
Pryor (Arkansas)
Rockefeller (West Virginia)
Salazar (Colorado)

Tags: Alito confirmation, Democratic votes for cloture