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As far as winning messages go, the national Republicans had one in 2010: It's jobs, stupid.

Well, it wasn’t that specifically, but they did hammer the president and the Democrats in Congress for not focusing on the economy and instead focusing on healthcare reform for America. They were relentless and they were disciplined and as a result they engineered a sweeping election that returned them to the majority in the House and closer than anyone predicted to a majority in the Senate.

But something happened on the way to moving to the larger office suites in the Capitol complex and inviting an army of Washington lobbyists back through the revolving door to take positions of senior leadership: They lost their way.

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