Sounds like they are trying to create one big commie party. The Republicans know well they have no base except the Tea Party. They have no one else.
That's just it. They think they "have" us and blame McCain and Romney losing on needing more hispanic voters. They'll never blame McCain and Romney for not inspiring undecideds who would respond to a constitutional conservative message.
The ptb do think they're superior. Case in point....remember when the big banks collapsed and top management still got multi-million salaries and bonuses? Their argument for that boiled down to nobody else had the superior skills necessary to run complex banks.
The elite has become greedy, insular, and convinced of their own superiority. Bottom line....they think we'll vote for them because we have nowhere to go.