If the future holds a Dem president and a Rep controlled Senate, I want to see the Reps refuse to confirm ANY nominee that president ever needs to send before the Senate. Don't fillibuster, simply vote down EVERY Dem nomine! We could/ should/ would NEED to simply halt the system in its tracks, right then and there. But what of vacancies on the Court going unfilled? Unfilled with what we know would be socialists. Fine with me.
If this were to develop and the Reps AGAIN took a spineless give 'em what they want approach - after this - they would forever lose my vote, and tesn of thousands of others. They would deserve it. This is not boys at the club exchanging logrolling promises any more. The Dems have made this bed, so let them suffocate in it!
Kyl did issue the comment they couldn't expect the same civility as shown before, we'll see.
Anyway, I'd agree in general. I'm not an advocate of doing something in retaliation just for the sake of it. These are real people, even if Liberals, before the Senate. It bothers me to some extent they should pay the price for polarization, just as Thomas...Alito....Bork.
But, Dems put them in that position.
It is political suicide to vote 98-0 for theirs and have ours in jeopardy each time. So long as they believe they'll be no practical consequence, they'll never change.
So, yeah, I'm with you. No filibuster. Vote no on concepts of a living Constitution. Vote no pro R v W. Vote no on privacy in the constitution. Treat the nominee with respect, unlike the smears of the left on our own, but if they work for the ACLU it is fair to make what they support in the ACLU an issue.