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WASHINGTON-- The senator who counts votes for the Democrats says Robert H. Bork is "licked" as a Supreme Court nominee, but President Reagan and Bork aren't buying the prediction...
Senate Majority Whip Alan Cranston, D-Calif., told reporters Tuesday that his latest head-count shows 49 senators likely to oppose Bork, 40 likely to support him and 11 undecided...
...This reflects a loss of five potential votes for Bork since September 15," the day Bork's confirmation hearings began before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Cranston said. The hearings are expected to conclude today...
White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said Tuesday that the administration had launched a new drive to woo votes. Bork has been meeting with individual senators and Reagan will be lobbying senators in person and on the telephone...
Fitzwater said Reagan is not even considering whom he might nominate if Bork is rejected and "gets angry at the very thought of even mentioning a replacement...