The problem is a majority of Americans still WANT to like Obama. It is very difficult to defeat someone when the population WANTS to like them. Because of this desire to keep supporting Hussein, many thinking people will overlook all of his failures or blame them on other factors. It is much like battered spouse syndrome.
Obama is a cult of personality that fits perfectly with our star struck, celebrity crazed, realityTV culture. Leading up to this election many people here and in other conservative circles seemed incapable of understanding just how popular Obama really is. The man is a great orator, comes across as a happy warrior, and is incredibly capable of winning over the public with razzle dazzle. This is just going to have to play itself out. It is possible Obama will be popular for years to come just like Clinton is.
Which is why I predict we’ll win just as big in 2014 as we did in 2010. Obama is Republicans’ Vietnam. We need to learn the lesson of Vietnam...stay out of Vietnam. When was the last time the presidential candidate who was LESS charismatic, likable and emotionally appealing WON a presidential election? It doesn’t happen. The swing voters decide presidential elections and they are so ignorant on the issues that those are the qualities that matter to them.
These grand discussions about the party “reflecting on itself” are just nonsense. Unless we’re talking about reflecting on how to demote the poor strategists who pushed Romney on us during the primary. Finding a way to stop stupid people from voting might be a good thing to brainstorm on too.