THIS WON'T WORK

(h/t David Weigel)

Jake Sherman has a story in POLITICO about the latest GOP brainstorm and he claims it includes this:

That may not happen, but there are some widely accepted fixes emerging from the weeklong talks.

Rule one: Stop talking like the world is going to end. Budgetary politics is important to the GOP, but voters are going to stop voting for a party that talks about gloom and doom around the clock.

Without "doom & gloom " talk, the GOP at best is a regional party.