Have the GOP really lost the message this quickly?

I have to admit, I didn't see this coming.

I didn't see the GOP shooting themselves in the head so quickly, if at all. With only the House in their immediate control (with the filibuster they wield a lot of indirect control in the Senate), they are losing the message and quickly turning themselves into the national electoral boogieman. And at a time when they could be reaping massive rewards by a public in dire financial straights.

Instead of lying low, tapering the debt, paying lip service to tearing down Obamacare (they don't have to do much more while the courts deal with it first), and publicly speaking about making jobs, they instead go straight to the lightening round: Actually de-funding labor unions and striking up the abortion chorus.

Items that would mean something other than a wolf whistle if they could actually get them passed by the Senate. But they can't. And they know it.

Instead, they are acting as a Get Out the Vote (GOTV) program for the Democratic Party.

De-fund Planned Parenthood? Nope. Won't go anywhere. Senate will block it.
De-fund the National Labor Relations Board? Nope. Senate will block it.
Help the National Democratic Party raise money and design campaign ads at the same time? Yes. Oh yes.

I know that the Tea Party and many other Republicans are rather distrustful of Rep. Boehner, but they should have trusted his long term planning instincts before this Congress was seated. This crazy train has overshot the station and is going nowhere fast.