The Democrat’s filibuster attempt on Samuel Alito vote failed:
Senate Democrats led by the party's former presidential nominee John Kerry failed as expected Monday to block Judge Samuel Alito's nomination to the Supreme Court, exposing deep divisions within their party and prompting warnings from Republicans that the maneuver would come back to haunt a Democratic president.
Perhaps it was the Daschle factor:
Three Senate Democrats on the ballot this year, Kent Conrad of North Dakota, Robert Byrd of West Virginia and Ben Nelson of Nebraska, voted to cut off debate and have announced their support for Alito. Democratic Sen Tim Johnson of South Dakota, who does not face re-election but hails from a state where Republican John Thune campaigned on judicial nominations to unseat former Democratic leader Tom Daschle, also voted to cut off debate and announced his backing of Alito.
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