And yet they are coming off record setting gains in the 2010 midterm elections.
Record setting by what measure?
Incumbents always lose seats after a landslide.
The real problem is that white people still view the Republican party as their biggest advocates. It's the greatest lie in politics. Since the 80's, Republicans have consistently gotten white lower and middle class voters to go against their own interests.
But demographics are shifting. Whites are gonna be a minority by 2050. And other demographics (the young, blacks, latinos, women, etc.) are much more likely to vote Democrat. 2010 doesn't mean shyt in the long run. If Republicans stay on this path, within a few years they'll be obsolete.