The Republican Party built on its majority in the House of Representatives, marking only the second time since 1934 that a sitting president's party didn't lose House seats in a midterm ballot -- the first time for a Republican president since 1902.
And even if the GOP wise guys figured out how to lure libertarians and moderates back, it runs the risk of disaffecting the largest faction of the party, the social conservatives, and leaving them sitting on their hands rather than marking ballots on Election Day.