Hooray! The loose cannon is tied down - Manchin says he will vote for Ketanji Brown Jackson.

[Towlie]

CNN: Manchin says he will vote for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson

West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin announced on Friday that he plans to vote for President Joe Biden's Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, a move that all but guarantees she will be confirmed.

[Miguelito Loveless]

1. What about Sinema

our other loose canon?

[JohnSJ]

3. I think she will vote for Judge Jackson's confirmation, plus I think a couple of

republican Senators will also

[rurallib]

11. Tillis sounded like he would vote for her

I wouldn't count that til he does, but he sounded positive.

[Miguelito Loveless]

14. That would be a shock

Tillis is a troglodyte.

[2naSalit]

9. Good question.

It's amazing with all this serious news going down that she hasn't been out trying to out do the Congressional howler monkeys competing for attention on the teevee.

[JohnSJ]

2. Manchin has previously voted for Biden's judicial appointments, and there is was no reason he

wouldn’t do so for the well qualified Judge Jackson

I actually except a couple of republicans to also vote for her confirmation

Still it is good to hear him say so

[we can do it]

4. Mancin always votes with Dems on judicial nominees.

[Torchlight]

5. Congratulations to the good Sen for meeting

the minimum required effort.

[2naSalit]

10. +1

[CanonRay]

6. Has Sinema asked for permission from her owners?

[Raster]

7. Very good question... and I know you don't mean the good citizens of Arizona.

Sinema works for someone, it just ain't us. Sinema never met a lobbyist with cash she did not like.

[Maeve]

8. In a just world, she'd get 100 votes and it would not be a question

Not that this is anything like a just world.....take the win, but it still has a bitter aftertaste

[Mr.Bill]

12. When will the vote take place?

And then when is the retiring Justice actually leaving?

If the vote doesn't take place soon, you might as well appoint Manchin/Sinema as majority leader, because they can both leverage their vote to get anything they want.

[Ishoutandscream2]

13. I've heard somewhere that Ms. Concern, Susan Collins

is leaning to vote for Jackson. As someone else mentioned, there probably will be at least a few more Republicans.