“The GOP is disjointed, because we have no national message machine,” lamented a party official who is privy to the media strategy. “All the operators are acting on their own, without themes. Hence, the GOP is all over the place.”…
“There isn’t an easy answer to it,” the top Republican admitted. “There’s a part of the party that wants us to stand up for our principles and stand up to Obama. And there’s a part of the party – mainly in Washington – that looks solely at the numbers and says: Obama is popular, so it’s a no-brainer for us to go after Pelosi and Reid.”…
Several Republican officials said they expect the public statements from the party to get tougher in days ahead. “The GOP is moving from ‘shocked and awed’ into a realization that this guy makes a lot of mistakes and is beatable,” said one House Republican aide. This is “a presidency that makes major mistakes weekly and minor ones daily.”
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