Thomas Friedman to Republicans: This time around you should just take a pass, try in 4 years.

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15. They are two years from like a 46 seat swing their way in the House

and darn near taking the senate.

Even if Obama wins reelection, the Ds might lose the senate, and the chances of getting the house back are pretty low.

This is a party that people had as dead after 08, two big elections where they lost A LOT of ground, but the ginned up an attack on freedom because of HCR, and had a bit 2000 election.

They are going NOWHERE, and they are not going to stray from their playbook which, sadly, works VERY well to win elections - use one of three strategies:

1) Gin up social issues
2) Gin up some kind of personal drama against the D president
3) Gin up national security issues.

They don't have a long term strategy. They just do what they do, be mean, angry and ALWAYS take the high ground as being THE PARTY OF THE USA.

They took control in 2000 after a really great 8 year period under Clinton by just screaming loud enough about social issues that people got fed up and just gave the control. They had the worst national security blunder in our history occur on THEIR watch, but used it to political gain to control the country for half a decade. They wore out their welcome and got booted in 06/08, but simply doubled down on stupid to get power back in 2000.

I have seen enough over the last two decades now to know for a fact, the people in this country are nothing if not oblivious and easily swayed by their BS, and they are mean, angry and power hungry, and will NEVER stop or go away.