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Originally Posted by gldstwmn
They need 60 votes for cloture. Snow, Collins, possibly Stevens and Chafee should all vote with the Dems. Just because a senator votes for Alito, it doesn't mean they have to vote for cloture, either. This is going to be very interesting. The cloture vote comes at 4:30 pm Monday.
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They may not have enough votes for cloture, but I don't think there are more than a few Dems that will go for a filibuster. I think the ones that do support it will back down, and the notion will die before Monday. I hope I'm wrong, but I don't believe it'll happen.