Here is the far-Left distillation of the republican narrative - 1) more tax cuts for rich people and corporations; 2) less regulation; 3) less spending on poor people; 4) deport the Mexicans; 5) protect traditional marriage; 6) teach Intelligent Design in public schools; 7) more drilling; and 8) republicans don't care about creating jobs for the most vulnerable populations.

In counter poise, read -

According to AT:

“When national Republicans respond to Obama talk in their accustomed mush mouthed, tentative, and bloodless way, they generally turn off those they need the most to join them -- including the libertarians and the generally politically inert 25-somethings, for whom irony and not outrage is the preferred tone.  But show you can fight, win, and deliver and they will give you a chance.  In the end, for all their eloquence, Lady Thatcher, John Paul II, and Ronald Reagan did not outtalk the Soviets; they showed they were prepared to outfight them, and that was enough."

http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/04/obamas_real_strategy.html