Yes, so many need to understand the distinction between strategy and tactics.
Strategy is defining and focusing on a goal.
Tactics are actions and decisions made to reach the goal.
Sowell’s tactics are to side with those (McConnell, Boehner et al.) whose strategy is to passively resist Obama’s fundamental transformation of the United States into a totalitarian state.
Like McClellan, they know there is a risk of loss in every battle and seek to minimize it. They don't seem to have a strategy at all -- so their default strategy is defensive, comprised of an endless series of retreats.
Both McCain and Romney followed this strategy right to its inevitable conclusion.