Not how I saw it. Obama rode a strong tide into office and then promptly wasted political capital with the naive belief the Republicans would come to a negotiating table in good faith when the leadership, while giving the appearance of a willingness to do that had in fact, behind then closed doors, adopted an opposition to all things Obama as its narrative, stretching out a process to frustrate the electorate and work a campaign aimed at cutting the legs out from under the President. It largely worked by the time the next election cycle ran and the party was restored to some of its former glory.
From that point on they began to get more and more of what they're complaining about now, a president who doesn't much care for or about them, who plays some fairly nasty political cards to circumvent them when he can...and it never had to be that way. I don't see how the Republicans can win the White House now, with Trump taking over that general, negative message absent any hard, discernible plan or vision that rises above it. Negative campaigning is fine in the bush leagues, but it won't win the Oval Office. Absent a significant change in approach or candidate I'd say we're likely looking at another Clinton in the White House.