Senator Robert Byrd who is going to be in a tight race to keep his Senator's seat this fall, has just announced on the floor of the Senate he WILL vote FOR Judge Alito's confirmation to the Supreme Court.
Pressure on Red State Democrats in Alito Vote
By BRIAN McGUIRE - Staff Reporter of the Sun
January 25, 2006
WASHINGTON - A straight party line vote from the Senate Judiciary Committee on Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito puts intense pressure on a handful of Democrats from states that voted for President Bush last year as the president's second nominee to the High Court in less than a year heads to the full Senate today for debate.
"Front and center are Senators Conrad and Dorgan, of North Dakota; Senators Pryor and Lincoln, of Arkansas; Senator Landrieu, of Louisiana;
Senator Byrd, of West Virginia; Senator Johnson, of South Dakota, and Senator Bingaman of New Mexico. Another possible Democratic vote for Judge Alito is Senator Menendez, of New Jersey, whose state went for Mr. Bush's opponent, Senator Kerry, a Democrat of Massachusetts, last year but who is nonetheless under pressure from Democrats at home to vote for a native son."
http://www.nysun.com/article/26460
That makes 3 Democrats so far: Robert Byrd of West Virginia, Johnson of South Dakota, and Ben Nelson of Nebraska, all pledging to vote for his nomination. All "red" states.