Did they demand that Clinton consult with them before nominating anyone? I have never heard of that being demanded of any other President. That, as well as throwing overboard the remaining nominees, tells me we've lost yardage in this fight.
Come on! This wasn't an agreement of the entire Senate. This was a few fringe members who can't distinguish between their mess-kits and the latrine. They have no power to bind the Senate, and even less to tell the White House what to do. I happen to think that what was done was a huge mistake, but not for the reasons that everyone seems to think.
We will get virtually everything we wanted. We WILL get our judges. We will eventually consitutionalize the process when the Democrats renige, and renige they will.
I think it was a mistake because we should have b*tch-slapped them Democrats into craven submission. Turned them into the kind of whipped dogs the Republicans have been (and seem to continue to be). We let them live to fight again, and we should never have done so. When will we learn?