Holder: The Roll of Honor & the Roll of Shame

The NYT reports the confirmation of Attorney General Eric Holder by a vote of 75-21.

The IHT reports the roll call as follows:

The 75-21 roll call by which the Senate voted to confirm Eric Holder as attorney general.

On this vote, a "yes" vote was a vote to confirm Holder and a "no" vote was a vote to reject his confirmation.

Voting "yes" were 54 Democrats, 19 Republicans and two independents.

Voting "no" were 21 Republicans.

Alabama: Sessions (R) Yes; Shelby (R) No.

Alaska: Begich (D) Not Voting; Murkowski (R) Yes.

Arizona: Kyl (R) Yes; McCain (R) Yes.

Arkansas: Lincoln (D) Yes; Pryor (D) Yes.

California: Boxer (D) Yes; Feinstein (D) Yes.

Colorado: Bennet (D) Yes; Udall (D) Yes.

Connecticut: Dodd (D) Yes; Lieberman (I) Yes.

Delaware: Carper (D) Yes; Kaufman (D) Yes.

Florida: Martinez (R) Not Voting; Nelson (D) Yes.

Georgia: Chambliss (R) Yes; Isakson (R) Yes.

Hawaii: Akaka (D) Yes; Inouye (D) Yes.

Idaho: Crapo (R) No; Risch (R) No.

Illinois: Burris (D) Yes; Durbin (D) Yes.

Indiana: Bayh (D) Yes; Lugar (R) Yes.

Iowa: Grassley (R) Yes; Harkin (D) Yes.

Kansas: Brownback (R) No; Roberts (R) No.

Kentucky: Bunning (R) No; McConnell (R) No.

Louisiana: Landrieu (D) Yes; Vitter (R) No.

Maine: Collins (R) Yes; Snowe (R) Yes.

Maryland: Cardin (D) Yes; Mikulski (D) Yes.

Massachusetts: Kennedy (D) Not Voting; Kerry (D) Yes.

Michigan: Levin (D) Yes; Stabenow (D) Yes.

Minnesota: Klobuchar (D) Yes.

Mississippi: Cochran (R) No; Wicker (R) No.

Missouri: Bond (R) Yes; McCaskill (D) Yes.

Montana: Baucus (D) Yes; Tester (D) Yes.

Nebraska: Johanns (R) No; Nelson (D) Yes.

Nevada: Ensign (R) No; Reid (D) Yes.

New Hampshire: Gregg (R) Yes; Shaheen (D) Yes.

New Jersey: Lautenberg (D) Yes; Menendez (D) Yes.

New Mexico: Bingaman (D) Yes; Udall (D) Yes.

New York: Gillibrand (D) Yes; Schumer (D) Yes.

North Carolina: Burr (R) No; Hagan (D) Yes.

North Dakota: Conrad (D) Yes; Dorgan (D) Yes.

Ohio: Brown (D) Yes; Voinovich (R) Yes.

Oklahoma: Coburn (R) No; Inhofe (R) No.

Oregon: Merkley (D) Yes; Wyden (D) Yes.

Pennsylvania: Casey (D) Yes; Specter (R) Yes.

Rhode Island: Reed (D) Yes; Whitehouse (D) Yes.

South Carolina: DeMint (R) No; Graham (R) Yes.

South Dakota: Johnson (D) Yes; Thune (R) No.

Tennessee: Alexander (R) Yes; Corker (R) Yes.

Texas: Cornyn (R) No; Hutchison (R) No.

Utah: Bennett (R) Yes; Hatch (R) Yes.

Vermont: Leahy (D) Yes; Sanders (I) Yes.

Virginia: Warner (D) Yes; Webb (D) Yes.

Washington: Cantwell (D) Yes; Murray (D) Yes.

West Virginia: Byrd (D) Yes; Rockefeller (D) Yes.

Wisconsin: Feingold (D) Yes; Kohl (D) Yes.

Wyoming: Barrasso (R) No; Enzi (R) No.

Good on the people of Wyoming, Oklahoma, Kansas, Kentucky, Idaho, Mississippi, and Texas for choosing both of your Senators complete with brains and backbone.

Thanks also to the other opposition Senators, and to all of the good folks who fought against this nominee.

As to the "yes" votes, they will be remembered.

Now, if you listen carefully, you may hear a faint sound in the distance.

For those of you who don't recognize it, that's the Muster Drum.

One of the masterminds behind the second Waco cover-up is the new Attorney General.

He commands the FBI and the BATFE, as well as every single Assistant United States Attorney in the country.

He believes that everyday Americans should be prohibited from owning and using firerams of military utility and their accessories.

He and his subordinates will enforce and prosecute whatever anti-freedom measures the new Congress passes and the President signs.

Get ready.

Audentes fortuna juvat.

Fortune favors the bold.