The new Hill article says Kerry has 10 Republican votes !!!!!!

[karynnj]

The Republicans are Isakson, Voinovich, Lugar, Corker, Brown, Collins, Snowe, Bennett, Cochran, and Gregg.

http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/134551-gop-senators-concede-start-will-win-enough-votes-to-pass-handing-victory-to-obama

[beachmom]

1. Oh, cool. That's my Senator -- Isaakson. Go figure. nt

[YvonneCa]

2. Republicans one can reason...

...with. I hope this is true...we need New Start.

[karynnj]

3. Lamar Alexander (R, TN) just gave a floor speech that says he will be voting for it

That makes 11 - so if any are shaky, there is now some padding.

[Luftmensch067]

4. Holding my breath, hoping this works out! n/t

[wisteria]

5. Me too! n/t

[karynnj]

6. Even Fox News says it will pass tomorrow

Though in the article, Lindsey Graham is competing with Kyl, McConnell and McCain for most nasty, juvenile opponent.

http://politics.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/12/21/start-vote-could-be-delayed-until-wednesday

[wisteria]

7. Lindsey Graham is very disapointing on this.And, I still feel he did not have a good reason to back

away from the energy bill.

[karynnj]

8. They got 67 votes for cloture

There were also likely yeses (or in Wyden's case a not voting that reduces the number needed to 66)

YEAs ---67
Akaka (D-HI)
Alexander (R-TN)
Baucus (D-MT)
Begich (D-AK)
Bennet (D-CO)
Bennett (R-UT)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Boxer (D-CA)
Brown (D-OH)
Brown (R-MA)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Cardin (D-MD)
Carper (D-DE)
Casey (D-PA)
Cochran (R-MS)
Collins (R-ME)
Conrad (D-ND)
Coons (D-DE)
Corker (R-TN)
Dodd (D-CT)
Dorgan (D-ND)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feingold (D-WI)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Franken (D-MN)
Gillibrand (D-NY)
Hagan (D-NC)
Harkin (D-IA)
Inouye (D-HI)
Isakson (R-GA)
Johnson (D-SD)
Kerry (D-MA)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Kohl (D-WI)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Leahy (D-VT)
Levin (D-MI)
Lieberman (ID-CT)
Lincoln (D-AR)
Lugar (R-IN)
Manchin (D-WV)
McCaskill (D-MO)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Merkley (D-OR)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Murray (D-WA)
Nelson (D-FL)
Nelson (D-NE)
Pryor (D-AR)
Reed (D-RI)
Reid (D-NV)
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Sanders (I-VT)
Schumer (D-NY)
Shaheen (D-NH)
Snowe (R-ME)
Specter (D-PA)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Tester (D-MT)
Udall (D-CO)
Udall (D-NM)
Voinovich (R-OH)
Warner (D-VA)
Webb (D-VA)
Whitehouse (D-RI)


NAYs ---28
Barrasso (R-WY)
Bunning (R-KY)
Burr (R-NC)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Coburn (R-OK)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Crapo (R-ID)
DeMint (R-SC)
Ensign (R-NV)
Enzi (R-WY)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Hatch (R-UT)
Hutchison (R-TX)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Johanns (R-NE)
Kirk (R-IL)
Kyl (R-AZ)
LeMieux (R-FL)
McCain (R-AZ)
McConnell (R-KY)
Risch (R-ID)
Roberts (R-KS)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Thune (R-SD)
Vitter (R-LA)
Wicker (R-MS)

Not Voting - 5
Bayh (D-IN)
Bond (R-MO)
Brownback (R-KS)
Gregg (R-NH)
Wyden (D-OR)

Wyden, Bayh, and Gregg are yeses too

[karynnj]

9. Per the instant twitter feed on google, Kerry was just on MSNBC

Kerry(D-Mass) sez he and Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind) are "extraordinarily encouraged and gratified" by #START cloture vote
Twitter - 4 minutes ago

Meanwhile, in a completely mind numbingly stupid Fox stunt - they wonder why Kerry was note taught to debate at Yale (did they miss 3 debates in 2004 and they missed that for 4 years he was not just the Yale's star debater, but the best in the country.) They take McConnell's full comments and played only Kerry's first sentence - It was the same speech that impressed everyone here. http://mediamatters.org/blog/201012210009