Exactly.
If the GOP wanted these judges to be confirmed they should have approved them in December.
Furthermore, the Dems are doing exactly what I would expect the Republicans to do if they controlled the Senate and a Democrat was President.
WOrse, I don't care about these specific names. Certainly these weren't the only 4 qualified conservatives. Bush should have pulled their names months ago, and sent up another 4, and then another 4, and made the democrats block HUNDREDS of people, and let the democrats try to argue that EVERY CONSERVATIVE JUDGE in the system was unfit for duty.
Bush made it about individuals, not about the philosophy, and it made it easy for the democrats who could say "it's just these few extremists".
Bush didn't even SEND UP NOMINEES for a lot of posts. What was he doing all that time? Waiting for the first set to be processed. He should have sent up a nominee for EVERY position, and then rotated them as well.