Four Democrats crossed the aisle to join in selling out the American people:
Byrd (WV), Conrad (ND), Johnson (SD), and Nelson (NE). I get Byrd, because he’s been a Democrat since Reconstruction. The rest of them I don’t know.
I do know, however, that the Honorable Gentleman from my home state, George Allen (R, VA) is pretty hilariously ignorant of certain key goings-on for someone with presidential ambitions:
Indeed, here is what Senator George Allen of Virginia, who is considering a bid for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008, said when asked his opinion of the Bernanke nomination.
“For what?”
Told that Mr. Bernanke was up for the Fed chairman’s job, Mr. Allen hedged a little, said he had not been focused on it, and wondered aloud when the hearings would be. Told that the Senate Banking Committee hearings had concluded in November, the senator responded: “You mean I missed them all? I paid no attention to them.”
Not like he’s the only one, mind you. People were paying attention to Alito, and that’s obviously more important. Besides, I think Fed positions are shorter-term. He can worry about that kind of thing when he’s president.
I’m sure Bernanke will be fine. And George Allen in ’08? Well, he’s not the worst politician Virginia has ever had (Ollie North? Jefferson Davis?)
Secretly Ironic 