Former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee has offered up some advice to the GOP that they would be wise to follow.

“Republicans will make a fundamental if not fatal mistake if they seek to win the election by demonizing Barack Obama,” Huckabee told reporters in Tokyo, according to a report by Agence France-Presse.

I have been saying for weeks now that attacking Obama on non-substantive issues would not work. If they cannot win on policy differences, then they just simply will not win.

Attacking Obama’s patriotism, religious status, and his wife is not changing things for the American people and this is exactly what may end up being their downfall. If John McCain’s recent speeches are any indication, then the Republicans certainly do not have a fresh plan to run on. They are simply rehashing old talking points, along with attacking Obama, in an effort to sway voters to their side.

At least Huckabee knows a failed strategy when he sees it.