I think that it's a given that Obama will go into a flurry of patronage nominations, his lapdogs in the Senate confirm them, then the Democrats lose control of the Senate in January 2015.
If the GOP were smart, they would make noise without obstructing *too* much, and as soon as they control the Senate and the White House, completely eliminate the filibuster, reverse every one of these liberal cluster!@#$ policies Obama enacted, eliminate all of the judicial positions Obama just appointed people to, destroy the liberal sacred cows, restore some fiscal sanity and then reinstitute the filibuster on the eve of losing the Senate with a provision that it cannot be modified further without 75% of the Senate approving it.
Too bad they're not smart.