Now the Dems can claim that the Republicans did nothing to stop the process if they felt the nominee was so bad. Right now, every fight is worth fighting where this administration is concerned.
I have learned that you pick the fights that you can win. What happens if you pick all fights even the ones you are going to lose (and I know some people like that) you get a reputation as losing fights. And that means you get more fights that come your way on account of the fact that you lose a lot. You get pushed harder now, by all opponents.
But, if you pick fights you win and you get that reputation, then when you oppose something, it will be remembered that you win your fights...
And in this case, when it's automatic that these guys will be installed during the recess, it's a fight (if you choose to make it so) that you will lose with hardly any effort on the opposing side.
These appointees all serve at the pleasure of the President, don’t they? So they can be replaced when Sarah becomes President in 2012?