Not absolutely sure, but I think judicial nominees are one of those few things where the filibuster rules do not apply. IOW if all the Pubbies stick together and he passes the Judiciary Committee that we control he is guaranteed a vote on the floor and the RATS can't stop it.
Exactly. It's time for the Senate Majority Leader to call the democRATs' bluff on these filibusters and force them to actually do it. No cloture. Just watch them make real jackasses out of themselves on the national stage.
Then, when they're exhausted and the great American public is really po'd at them, attack!
Republican Senators will be surprised at how far a little backbone can go!