I suspect that the democrats aren't going to put up too much of a fight. As long as they get a nominee who isn't going to curtail federal powers, won't make abortion illegal, and won't curtail the move to grant special rights to homosexuals they'll be happy.
They'll let this nominee through because it serves their purposes.
"They'll let this nominee through because it serves their purposes."
Exactly. With her the Dems have no fear of the court tipping solidly back towards an originalist/strict-constructionist based reversal of the sewage that has poured out from the bench.