Based on what I have seen in the polls, the GOP seems poised to win big in November. I suppose that could change if the administration adjusts some of its policies, but I am not holding my breath. But the GOP really needs to take a hard look at how its image will be affected by spectacles such as the one involving Tancredo. If they think their gains this November are the result of their brilliant policies as opposed to disagreement with some of President Obama’s policies, they would be incorrect. The GOP needs to continue to oppose policies that are wrong or misguided, but they also need to develop their own ideas and change course on issues like climate change, abortion, and their pandering to the extreme religious right.