We wouldn't even be discussing the nuclear option if Bush had not nominated well known conservatives only to have been assured there would be fillibusters.
What??? The only reason we're discussing the nuke option is because people are searching for excuses for GW's horrible selection. And there have not been ANY filibusters. The GOP Senate LEADERS never forced a real filibuster, wussies that they are. If it hadn't been for the RINOs, we wouldn't even have the few lower court appointments we got, and that's because the GOP is ineffective. Hatch, Frist, et al are worthless. The stupid RINOs got us what little we have gotten. And that was after yeeeeeaaaars of inaction by the leadership.
Why not force a filibuster? What's so bad about standing up for what you believe in? But I guess it's easier to blame someone else.