Why are you saying the Rep. are blowing it?
The power is with the majority which right now is with the Rats. The Rats decided to change the senate rules and there is nothing that the GOP could do about it. Nothing.
To blame the GOP is ridiculous. You should be blaming the Rats.
That is only true for the moment. If the rules allow the majority party to change a particular rule, then the GOP has a professional obligation to use that and other such rules to its advantage when it becomes majority party.
To not do so is negligence, or worse. Such reminds one of England’s refusal to read intelligence intercepts during the ‘30’s with the argument it is impolite to read another gentleman’s mail. England at the time also refused to finance intelligence operations because it didn't want to provoke Hitler. History is clear as to how that worked out.
Flip (who along with Jonathan Winters must be on the list of the top 5 or 10 comedians of all time) refers to the McCain collaborator wing of the Republican party and I fear he is correct.
On the other hand, a move such as Revel advocates, refusing every nomination during the remainder of Obama’s term would certainly grow the voting base of the GOP.