Significant Opposition to Gonzales

Alberto Gonzales was confirmed as the next US Attorney General on Thursday. Let the torture-fest begin!

No Republican voted against Gonzales, though Senator Burns (R-MT) did not vote.

Three Democrats did not vote, including Inouye (D-HI), and Sens. Baucus (D-MT) and Conrad (D-ND), both of whom were busy fighting Bush's Social Security propaganda efforts in their home states.

Five Democrats voted in favor of torture. They are Landrieu (D-LA), Pryor (D-AR), Bill Nelson (D-FL), Ben Nelson (D-NE), Salazar (D-CO), and Lieberman (D-CT). To Connecticut Democrats, if Lieberman has a Democratic primary opponent, give them your vote, your time and your money. It's time we got a real Democrat in office.

And now, the good guys... Democrats who opposed Alberto Gonzales.
Akaka
Bayh
Biden
Bingaman
Boxer
Byrd
Cantwell
Carper
Clinton
Corzine
Dayton
Dodd
Dorgan
Durbin
Feingold
Feinstein
Harkin
Johnson
Kennedy
Kerry
Kohl
Lautenberg
Leahy
Levin
Lincoln
Mikulski
Murray
Obama
Reed
Reid
Rockefeller
Sarbanes
Schumer
Stabenow
Wyden

And also, thanks to our indepent friend, Jim Jeffords, who also opposed the nomination.

Today I had the opportunity to thank Senator Kerry for his votes against Rice and Gonzales. I will have more details on my trip to Boston later.