I agree, this is a foolishly negative column by someone who is despearate to make himself seem smarter than those of us rubes who think 2014 will be a good election. In a way, “Coach” is just as elitist acting as the GOPe.
So let me help “coach” out here……2014 will be much like 2010 - where we had a focus on Obama care, and a GOP e who didn’t get it. The elites in DC run the messaging for a Prez campaign….they do not control it for a mid term. Read, learn, accept….coach…
If the GOP passes an amnesty bill, it will not be the same as 2010. Boehner's attacks on the Tea Party and the passage of an amnesty will depress significantly GOP turnout. There will also be more rancorous GOP primaries that will divide the base and depress turnout. You cannot paper over these differences.
And the recent Ryan-Murray budget deal just highlights how ineffectual the GOP has been in using its leverage in the House. A clean CR would have been much better than suspending the impact of the sequester and increasing spending and taxes. Increase spending now with the promise of miniscule cuts in the future.
D@mn straight, forget 2012, that was a long time ago. </>