WASHINGTON, June 1 (UPI) -- Democrat and Republican vote-counters say U.S. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor could get at least a third of the Senate GOP vote for her confirmation.
Topping both parties' counters are the seven Republican senators who supported Sotomayor's 1998 confirmation to the federal appeals court -- Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins of Maine, Orrin Hatch of Utah, Judd Gregg of New Hampshire, Richard Lugar of Indiana, Thad Cochran of Mississippi and Robert Bennett of Utah, The New York Times reported Monday.