Is the GOP greatly failing at properly exploiting discontent with Obama?

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Yes, they're taking the simplistic and painfully short-sighted approach to being an alternative to Obama and the Democrats.  They aren't attracting anyone new, they're just being temporarily not as wrong and resting on those laurels.  Instead of taking this opportunity to learn from the opposition's mistakes and propel themselves forward for a long-term change in power, they're setting themselves up for even worse backlash after a mediocre comeback.  What they should be doing is taking this time to focus on retooling themselves to come out with a bangin' new package that'll attract more than they lost in the last few years.  What they are doing is gloating and doing as much as they can to soil the Democrats.  We already dislike the Democrats, now make us like the Republicans.  Maybe because they've been doing it for so long with no luck that now that it's working they don't even remember what to do next.  A negative approach to everything is not going to work long-term, neither side seems to get that.  Obama did an ok job in 2008 attracting Republicans but in general both sides rely solely on the oscillating middle ground.  That's just my rambling thought on the matter.

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There are plenty of legitimate things to criticize Obama on, but the Republicans are just the lunatic party of no.

Exactly.  And that's what the Democrats were in the early 2000s and the Republicans in the late '90s.  Crazy how little they each learn from each other.

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There are plenty of legitimate things to criticize Obama on, but the Republicans are just the lunatic party of no.

Exactly.  And that's what the Democrats were in the early 2000s and the Republicans in the late '90s.  Crazy how little they each learn from each other.

Uh, a majority of Senate Democrats voted for the Iraq war.

Everyone supported that war, obviously they voted for it.

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There are plenty of legitimate things to criticize Obama on, but the Republicans are just the lunatic party of no.

Exactly.  And that's what the Democrats were in the early 2000s and the Republicans in the late '90s.  Crazy how little they each learn from each other.

Uh, a majority of Senate Democrats voted for the Iraq war.

Everyone supported that war, obviously they voted for it.

Yeah, it only had the largest protest in human history against it before it started.

Uh...I'm not sure what point you're trying to make with all this, that the Democrats have even weaker spines than the Republicans?  Regardless, US Senators don't represent the world...

The Democrats came into power the same way.

That's exactly what that entire thing says, thanks for reading it.