This won't be a popular position here, but a compromise that is hated by both the folks here AND at Dem Underground may well be a reasonable one. The DU folks are not happy if ANY Bush nominees go through and many here are not happy unless the Dems are crushed completely. Assuming (yes I know what they say about assuming) the optimal position is somewhere in the middle, maybe this is for the best.
A compromise is by definition the point where both parties give up something to reach agreement. What exactly did the RATs give up? Can't find a single thing, really. They would have lost Pryor, Brown and Owen anyway..