Baucus and Burns, I’m guessing, were somewhere in the vicintity of George W Bush’s Montana Social Security Ho-down. (Baucus doing his own counter-programming, so to speak, in battle with Bush.)

Part of the tour, where the selected get to congregate and discuss the issues.

Anyway. I was wrong. Biden voted against confirmation of Alberto Gozalez. Despite his considered opinion that “I like you. You’re the real deal.”

Weeks ago, I was going to list the Senators that voted “no”… but there’s 36 of them, so instead I’ll point out the Democrats who voted “yes”…

Mary Landrieu (D-LA)
Joseph Lieberman (D-CT)
Bill Nelson (D-FL)
Ben Nelson (D-NE)
Mark Pryor (D-AR)
Ken Salazar (D-CO)

It is what it is. Some Senators (13 apparently) think Condelleza ought not be confirmed. I’d have voted yes… Evan Bayh, curiously enough, thought it important to vote “no” — (He is in the Lieberman-esque Corner of having to figure out how to convince a Democratic Electorate that he is a “Democrat” as he seeks the Democratic Nomination in 2008.) I would’ve said “yes”. Some Senators think that Gonzalez shouldn’t be confirmed. You draw the line somewhere, and where that line is drawn is up to each person of conscience. I assume these six are content with Torture, and are waiting for Canibalism to draw that line.

“I expect he’ll be almost as good as Reno and Ashcroft.”

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