I think this is great news. It tells the voters exactly who needs to be voted out in the next election. Not all of the Senators will be up for re-election in 2018, but I’m betting those who are will be squirming. Maybe only those in “safe” seats will participate in the filibuster.
In any case, we find out who the rabid lunatics are.
I was hoping they’d go straight for the nuke option, anyway. I would not trust any democrats who committed to vote for Gorsuch not to pull their vote at the last minute and deny a 60 vote total.
Just go for the majority win rules at the outset. Then if some conscience bound democrat wants to join in, then by all means vote for Gorsuch.