It is expected that all 55 Senate Republicans will vote to confirm John Roberts as chief justice of the United States. Democrats, for all their posturing seemed to accomplish very little in creating an opposition to Roberts.

There is 17 Democrats that have announced their support for Roberts...

Max Baucus of Montana
Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico
(Mr. KKK) Robert Byrd of West Virginia
Kent Conrad of North Dakota
Christopher Dodd of Connecticut
Byron Dorgan of North Dakota
Russ Feingold of Wisconsin
Tim Johnson of South Dakota
Herb Kohl of Wisconsin
Mary Landrieu of Louisiana
Patrick Leahy of Vermont
Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut
Carl Levin of Michigan
Ben Nelson of Nebraska
Bill Nelson of Florida
Mark Pryor of Arkansas
Ken Salazar of Colorado.

There is 19 Democrats that have announced their opposition...

Evan Bayh of Indiana
Joe Biden of Delaware
Barbara Boxer of California
Maria Cantwell of Washington
Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York
Jon Corzine of New Jersey
Mark Dayton of Minnesota
Dick Durbin of Illinois
Dianne Feinstein of California
Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts
John Kerry of Massachusetts
Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey
Barbara Mikulski of Maryland
Barack Obama of Illinois
Jack Reed of Rhode Island
Harry Reid of Nevada
Paul Sarbanes of Maryland
Charles Schumer of New York
Debbie Stabenow of Michigan.

8 Democrats have not announced how they will vote, oooh, I can hardly contain my excitement! Do you think John Roberts will have enough votes to become the next Chief Justice? They are.....

Daniel Akaka of Hawaii
Tom Carper of Delaware
Tom Harkin of Iowa
Daniel Inouye of Hawaii
Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas
Patty Murray of Washington
Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia
Ron Wyden of Oregon.

Jim Jeffords is trying to play the intelligent voice, but his voice doesn't matter.