If the Republicans can’t win against an incumbent who has 8% (really 20%) unemployment, 2% GDP (really <1%) growth, foreign policy is shambles (Benghazi, Iran nukes, Al-Queda on the rise), illegal immigrants pouring over the borders, drug kingpins dumping TONS of drugs into our nation(And the F&F scandal on top of that!) and crime rates rising for the first time in 20 years, then they don’t want to win, they want the status quo in perpetuity.
They quibbled over Big Bird, name calling, and anything else except the real record of the incompetent incumbent.....
Remember too, that Obama didn’t face major scrutiny from the MSM.
It’s a truism, but worth repeating. The Democrat runs against the Republican. The Republican has to run against both the Democrat and the media.