Over Optimistic?

"I am reluctantly inclined to the view that you and any other nominee of this president for the Supreme Court start with no more than 13 votes in this committee, and only 78 votes in the full Senate with a solid, immovable and unpersuadable block of at least 22 votes against you, no matter what you say or do," Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX).

Sen. Cornyn seems to have overestimated the number of reasonable senators. With two committee member votes remaining (Feingold & Schumer), the vote has gone along party lines. Schumer (D-NY) will vote 'No' but Feingold (D-WI) may again prove himself a pragmatic maverick (though it's doubtful). He went against the establishment within his party and voted against authorizing force in Iraq. He has begun his run for the Presidency (he attended a fundraiser in Hanover, New Hampshire, 1/15/2006) and he may decide unfeigned fairness is advantageous.

Update: Doubtful indeed. Feingold went with the pack.