Oh really? The Republicans have done nothing to fight the sequester, so number 1 is out. They have no alternative for Obamacare so they aren't going to take that on; scratch number 2. The GOP is just as adicted to deficits as the Democrats are so number 3 is fantasy. Number 4 is just as much of a pipe dream, except maybe the Keystone pipeline will get approved. But since that oil is destined for export I'm not sure how that makes us more energy independent. Number 6 is iffy because the GOPe is already talking immigration reform. And number 7 there is nothing the Congress can do about anyway.
Unfortunately, I doubt that we will do this as many comments on this thread illustrate. By insisting that we can only score with the long ball thrown by some magical quarterback to an equally magical receiver, we are ignoring a tried and true ground game of ball control and short plays down the field. That magical guy got traded to Denver and his receiver got arrested.
Winning, either through the air on on the ground, you need a game plan. And the GOP leadership flat does not have one.
Their game-plan is to shout about how terrible Obama and the Democrats are, screaming at their base that the other guy's worse
and perhaps lucking into enough votes to win.
I seriously have zero reason to vote for the GOP — they have done nothing, even on shoe-in winning propositions (like disbanding the NSA and eviscerating the domestic spying apparatus), so why should I expect them to start if they gain a little more power?