1) If they try to block them all, as they would dearly love to do, they have to say that they are all a case of extraordinary circumstances. Even the RINO 7 would have to agree that the dems had broken the deal, and it was time to consider the rules change.
2)If the dems decide to concentrate their fire on the most conservative few and let the rest pass without a fight, they face the anger of the radical base, who will see the approval of a large number of conservative judges as 'knuckling under' to George Bush.
Clearly, GWB is still on the attack.
W's redeeming quality -- he's stubborn.