of the senate. 16 say, yes. no are 11. and undecided, 16. let s look at the breakdown by party. democrats, 9-4. republicans, 6-6. independents 1-1. in this political environment a yes for bernanke is quieter than a no. john harwood is reporting as many as 10 to 15 democrats could ultimately vote against bernanke. sources say a vote could take place next week not early this week. cnbc has learned that don kohn the vice chairman at the fed since 1970 will take over as chairman until a permanent replacement can be confirmed by the senate. now mere s the math, bernanke needs 60 votes to overcome a filibuster. three senators who holds on the vote. needs 51 votes to be confirmed. every democratic loss needs to be a republican gain for bernanke to overcome the filibuster. scott, i was taken by one thing we discovered today. senator corker who voted to vote bernanke out of committee is now undecided. he was a republican. so that is one of the kind of change we ve seen. we haven t see