Perhaps there is hope.....but that doesn't mean people should get complacent. The enemy is still present, its just their numbers that "may" be shrinking.
The reasons I vote for Republicans:
* Tax cuts.
* Competence in foreign policy and national security matters (there is the cocasional screw-up, like blacklisting the AUC - note to Secretary Powell: When somebody is putting the hurt on narco-terrorists like FARC, the correct response is schadenfreude, NOT blacklisting the guys who are putting the hurt on FARC).
* In general, an aversion to burdensome regulations when compared to the Democrats (they need to repeal the ephedra ban).
* Much more often than not, good judges.
That said, it would be very hard for me to be voting for someone like Tom Tancredo. I'd strongly consider other options.