The GOP: Looking for Its Way Back

Republicans are seeing signs of life in the party after a pair of big election day victories in New Jersey and Virginia but they still face obstacles in translating this year's successes into next year's victories in the 2010 midterm elections, the Washington Post reports.

The gubernatorial wins by Virginia's Bob McDonnell and New Jersey's Chris Christie showed a party that was more energized after its last two election year drubbings, the Post says. And the opposition that has been sparked to President Obama's economic and domestic agenda has given the GOP issues to rally around.

But the party still faces an internal struggle between the gOP establishment and conservative insurgents - something that contributed to their loss of a staunchly Republican district in upstate New York. The Post says it also still must find an agenda of its own and a set of leaders who can inspire the country.