A Boxer's Dozen
The following senators voted against today's confirmation of Condoleezza Rice for Secretary of State.
Barbara Boxer, D-Calif.
Robert Byrd, D-W.Va.
Edward Kennedy, D-Mass.
John Kerry, D-Mass.
Carl Levin, D-Mich.
James Jeffords, I-Vt.
Jack Reed, D-R.I
Mark Dayton, D-Minn.
Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii
Evan Bayh, D-Ind.
Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J.
Tom Harkin, D-Iowa
Richard Durbin, D-Ill.
Notice that only three senators from "red" states voted no, all of them bordering on Bluesville: Byrd of West Virginia, Harkin of Iowa (Gore by 0.32% in 2000), and - somewhat suprisingly - "moderate" Evan Bayh of Indiana. One can only assume this is Bayh's first vote as a 2008 presidential candidate, trying to appeal to Democrat primary voters.
