What gets more results in American Politics? Going high or low?

[DC Al Fine]

Michelle Obama said to go high when the opponent goes low, but it seems like unilateral disarmament for me. The GOP (because they went low) accomplished RTW in a majority of states, got various anti-abortion measures passed, deregulated banks along with flunkies within the Dems, unprotected free trade, and various tax cuts, while Dems passed Romneycare. Was Michelle Obama's statement debunked?

And how much of that was due to "low" tactics vs the tendency of the party holding the presidency to lose other elections and unpopular things the Obama administration did?

[DC Al Fine]

You’d like to think it’s going “High” but we have the “lowest” of the low holding the most prestigious and powerful office on earth so unfortunately you have your answer

Again, this line of reasoning doesn't actually demonstrate that going low wins. There are lots of other factors to consider in the 2016 result.