You are probably right, it will become a hot news item. And the news will be...Bush Refuses To Nominate Consensus Judges. IOW, the MSM will spin it as being Bush's fault. He's stubborn, he's partisan, he's "extremist", he's "out of the mainstream", he won't "work with Democrats".
Remember the government shutdown back in the 90s? It took two to pull that off, Clinton and Congress (as pictured by Newt Gingrich). Two parties did it, but only one (Gingrich) got the blame. We had weekly news magazines running with the cover story "The Gingrich Who Stole Christmas", replete with heart-rending stories of "poor government workers" forced to do without (even though many, if not most, simply ended up with an unscheduled vacation with pay).
Then the 'Pubs supposedly worked out an agreement to re-open the government, and Clinton used that as an opportunity to cornhole the 'Pubs by double-crossing them and keeping the government shutdown, saying the 'Pubs broke the agreement (they didn't). The MSM parroted the lie and the sheeple bought it.
It may depend on whom? the President believes he must listen to most . . .
the puppet master, or Jesus The Christ.
That's the same choice looming larger and larger for all mankind.