Yes, there is a small cabal of Senators discussing their strategy.
Remember, Thomas was confirmed by ideological lines. Same with Kavanaugh.
Trump is more than likely playing Clausewitz and not Sun Tzu this round on some Repub moderates and a select few on the dems side.
Sorry for my imprecision. I meant any senators on the judiciary committee. I guess that might be Flake, though he may be repulsed by the dem antics. Everyone else on the committee seems pretty well locked in.
And this will almost certainly be a bellwether that more and more future confirmations will be along party lines. No more RBGs getting 90+ aye votes in the future. No more deference to presidents’ selections. then again, it was only the repubs that did that in the past. The dems have always been hyper-partisan.