Democrats cooperate with Republican Fascism

The Senate's unjudicious Judiciary committee forwarded the nomination of Mukasey to the full Senate, where he awaits apparently certain confirmation. This is occuring despite his failure to recognize a simple legal fact, that waterboarding is illegal under the law and constitution of the U.S.

Democratic votes are needed for both steps in the confirmation process. If they can't stop a nominee so obviously unsuited for the job, what will they do? I would say that they are playing dead, except I don't think they are playing.