IMO, the brand is too tarnished. Too many GOP elites are saying that Boehner’s staying as speaker, too.
Yes it is. But here’s the thing. Remember that 90s drug war commercial where the dad finds pot in his kids room?
It reminds me of the situation here.
Ss” “Why did you compromise and let Obama get his way yet again? This id going to total the economy!!!” (said while pointing to the cave in on the fiscal cliff)
GOP: “I learned it by watching you, alright?” (Said while pointing to the 2012 election where the GOP ‘base’ compromised everything they believed in to vote for a lifetime liberal.)
Truth hurts.
The Republican brand is indeed very “tarnished.” Millions of people vote against it even though the particular kinds of Democrats they wind up voting for (the ones who have usurped control of the D party) cost them jobs (and pretty much generally undermine or destroy the country they’re living in).
The R party needs to take stock of how it has let itself be so grossly mis-characterized. And, it needs to nominate better candidates, too. McCain was abysmal as a candidate (leaving his politics aside), and Gov. Romney’s best campaigning efforts were in the R primaries instead of the General Election.