"The Senate requires 60 votes to prevent a filibuster. Right now, they are not there yet."
They are, however, well past the 51 needed to go nuclear, are they not?
It doesn't matter. Even if some of the RINOs vote against Alito, they certainly won't vote to sustain a filibuster. That gives us 55 votes for cloture to start with. Nelson, Johnson, and Byrd will voter for Alito and that's 3 more for cloture bringing us to 58. Salazar and Landrieu have said that they will not support a filibuster. That's 2 more cloture votes bringing us to 60. BINGO!
It's over. We have won!
Now where's that fat lady?