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I agree with most of this. In 2012, the Republicans constantly shot themselves in the foot. This time, whatever the reason for the difference may be, the Republicans mostly avoided any overly disastrous and ridiculous comments. Combine that with the fact 6 year midterms historically go against the President, as well as the absurdity of Democrats running from their leader, and they deserved to win.
good points
last time round, the GOP did not manage primaries well so some fringers beat more established candidates (remember the "I am not a witch" twit?) who in turn lost seats to mediocre democrats. This time that sort of crap didn't happen
we also know that there is always about a 35% core for either side that will vote party no matter what. I voted against John Kasich in 2010 in favor of the incumbent Ted Strickland. Kasich earned my vote this time but the DEM contender was a complete joke yet he got 35% of so of the vote even though his complete campaign was awful. Kasich was hardly a right wing bot and his opposition didn't run any ads in SW Ohio that I am aware of
what the GOP did was did a much better job in appealing to that 30% that will go back and forth