President Obama has been offering concessions to the Republicans

[1StrongBlackMan]

83. Well ...

Yes, many voters who have supported Democratic candidates, including the President, are withdrawing support. They are rapidly becoming disenchanted with the Party and, in the absence of any supportable alternative, will stay home on election day.

No ... we/they are not.

http://www.pollingreport.com/cong_dem.htm

Your proclaiming it does change the FACTS, i.e., supported by data beyond personal anecdotes.

Your second premise that we can win by appealing to "independent voters and semi-sane republican voters" is also flawed. The available votes are far to the left of the President, not found by appealing to the middle or right of there.

Care to support that statement with some facts? (please see the above definition of fact). Since your first "refutation" was/is factually unsupported, I am disinclined to accept this one.

But ...

There is gridlock because Republicans are determined to block any Obama initiative, 51 percent of voters say, while 35 percent say President Barack Obama lacks the skills to convince leaders of Congress to work together.

http://www.quinnipiac.edu/institutes-and-centers/polling-institute/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=1921

Your being in denial of that fact does not change it.

If Democrats want to win elections, they'd better abandon the "not the Republican" strategy and start standing for something that appeals to voters.

No ... the polling suggests that to win elections Democrats must appeal to the cohort that I referred to above, i.e., independent voters and semi-sane republican voters to either that poll as having the republican party as obstructionist to convinced as to either: vote Democratic in 2014 (highly unlikely); or, vote 3rd Party in the general election (splitting the republican vote); or stay home (diluting republican vote).

And this strategy is necessary because Democrats took they eye off the ball in 2010 (much like some are doing today), which allowed for the gerrymandering of republicans into non-competitive districts. Democrats win in Democratic districts ... Guess where the cohort that I am speaking of resides?