Republican Vision for 2014 - 'Don't nominate fools.'

There is no doubt that the Republican Party, writ large, is incredibly high on their own supply of bullshit, which leads them to be much too overconfident about their electoral prospects in November. They could do very well in the midterms, but nothing is baked in the cake right now.
Nonetheless, their political consultants are encouraging a course we might dub the "don't fuck it up" strategy. The way they see it, if they don't do something stupid like threaten to default on our sovereign debt again, they are almost assured of retaining the House and taking control of the Senate. Of course, they also want to avoid nominating "loser" candidates.
I agree that they'll do better if they don't nominate "fools" and refrain from more hostage-taking, but those two things are insufficient to win them the midterms.

http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2014/1/4/114237/8979