Are you ready for the possibility of Hillary appointing "Quota Queen" Lani Guenier, or Larry Tribe to the Supreme Court in Summer of 2009? It's not impossible.
What if the Senate is split 50/50? They'll be no stop mechanism. I don't want the Federal government to become more efficient.
I consider the morals of the matter more important than the politics.
Secondly, filibustering judges is NOT usual, nor does it even have a long Senatorial history. The Dems began this tactic, only since President Bush won the 2000 election.
Thirdly, this "nuclear option" needs to be done and is actually long overdue.