[pieceofthepuzzle]

“This last cycle we had a few who just ruined their campaigns with unforced errors on the sentate and house level.”

Absolutely true. It’s hard to avoid this when the media is looking for something to jump on - specifically pertaining to GOP candidates, but we have to find a way.

[TomGuy]

when the media

That is a continuing issue that the Republicans have to learn to deal with or circumvent. 'The Media' are not going to change.

The Republicans need to figure out (1) an effective message and (2) a way of delivering that message to the potential voters.

For years, their message seems to be 'we want to be Dem-lite with a bigger tent' and the voters keep rejecting it.

[Buckeye McFrog]

In other words, any candidate who does not understand and fully believe that any word coming from the mouth of a member of the mainstream media is soley intended to bait and then destroy them, does not need to be on the ticket.