Insofar as the judiciary has been thoroughly politicized and it is now obvious to anyone paying even marginal attention that judges routinely take it upon themselves to usurp both legislative and executive powers it should be pretty #@%&!!@# obvious that judicial appointments are a matter of policy and not merely deference to presidential prerogatives.
I can only assume that the Republicans voting for cloture either agree with the policy preferences of this administration or that they are too dense to understand the true consequences of their actions and are therefore NOT QUALIFIED to hold any position of power or responsibility. Indeed because these federal appointments are for life the influence of these judges can extend over decades creating precedents that other activist judges use to build an entire body of law with the express purpose of achieving unassailable policy changes that would never pass a legislature. It is this kind of voting practice that exposes these “conservatives” to be nothing more than go-along-to-get-along politicians and these are the people who, more than anyone else, have contributed to the decline of the republic. They just don’t give a damn and so long as they feel secure in their positions they are fine with just about anything the government does. Fools like these disgust me.
That would be my guess. I swear I'm so sick of craven, feckless, stupid GOP cretins I could scream. We'd be better off electing chimpanzees.