Their track record indicates that they won't have the opportunity to nominate judges (2 Democrats in 40 years). They may - and I mean "may" get the WH, but as long as we hold the Senate, we're fine.
And I'm not suggesting that we filibuster, to pay back the Dims - just the opposite. The D President nominates. If they are qualified, pass them through committee. By all means allow a cloture vote. Then vote down the nominee on the floor. Explain that the nominee's ideology indicates a willingness to usurp the Constitutional role of a judge, and that is the reason for the "No" vote.
Will the Left cry foul? Ten ways to Sunday. But at least their nominee would have had a fair and prompt vote.
Jon Kyl as much as said that the Dims need to be careful about their strategery in this party-line vote, based on ideology (in his comments at the Committe Vote the other day), because it could set a precedent. (and we all know in what high regard the Dims hold "precedent" - at least when it comes to KILLING BABIES.)