Voter registration for the Republican Party increased considerably over the primary season, with states such as Iowa and California noting a surge just before the vote. Overall, GOP voter enthusiasm has skyrocketed, higher than even in 1994 when the Contract With America gave the party a majority in the US House of Representatives. Confidence is high with most pundits that the Republicans will win big in November, perhaps taking one or both houses of congress back from the Democrats.
Some are treating this as wonderful news for the right, considering any defeat of the Democrats as a win for conservatives. Many conservatives met the victory of Senator Brown in Massachusetts with giddy excitement, seeing the event as a collapse of leftist control in their strongest bastions of power. Yet will a Republican win in November truly help our cause and the nation as a result?
