Sadly ,like it or not they are succeeding.
Too bad the Republicans lack imagination and courage...they really have the ability to fix their problems in their own hands...but they don't grasp it.
They are succeeding because their's is an argument of negativism. They offer no plan for success only a critique of any success that has been achieved.
Time will come (mid January as I see it) that the RATS will come out with their version of Gingrich's "Contract with America which will solve all of America's perceived problems".