Carney's NetNet shop over at CNBC with a unique report on an emerging trend in the GOP politics.
Story by Delevingne here.
In Alabama on Nov. 5, Republican Bradley Byrne beat tea party favorite Dean Young for a U.S. House seat in part because the business community rallied around him. In Virginia, Democrat Terry McAuliffe bested tea party-backed Republican Ken Cuccinelli partially because some conservative business donors wouldn't give to the GOP campaign—or even switched sides. And in New Jersey, moderate Republican Chris Christie crushed tea party candidate Seth Grossman in the primary and then Democrat Barbara Buono in the general election because of strong business support.Looks like the GOP business interest cohort is finally beating down the crazy cohort.
Expect this trend to continue as I'd assume the GOP business interests have much more funds available to support their candidates than the neo-confederates, religious zealots, and libertarians that comprise the crazy cohort.
2 comments:
It wouldn't dawn on you people that Big Business is a bunch of welfare queens who survive via corporate welfare and laws restricting competition, would it? Naturally they are going to oppose people who propose ending their special favors.
Weren't you people complaining about special favors for the elite just this week? Can you guys even tie your own shoes or count backwards from 10? Or forwards?
I live in the Alabama district referred to in the article. The US Chamber of Commerce poured enormous amounts of money into Byrne's campaign. One day I got 4 different flyers in the mail from the C of C to support Byrne, not to mention probably a dozen phone calls. The business part of the GOP has lost control of their creation and now they are trying to regain it. I am hopeful that Byrne will be one of the more moderate and intelligent Congresscritters.
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