GOP Is Losing Grip On Core Business Vote

The Wall Street Journal reports the GOP Is Losing Grip On Core Business Vote.

"Some business leaders are drifting away from the party because of the war in Iraq, the growing federal debt and a conservative social agenda they don't share. In manufacturing sectors such as the auto industry, some Republicans want direct government help with soaring health-care costs, which Republicans in Washington have been reluctant to provide. And some business people want more government action on global warming, arguing that a bolder plan is not only inevitable, but could spur new industries.

Already, economic conservatives who favor balanced federal budgets have become a much smaller part of the party's base. That's partly because other groups, especially social conservatives, have grown more dominant. But it's also the result of defections by other fiscal conservatives angered by the growth of government spending during the six years that Republicans controlled both the White House and Congress."

I guess some Republicans remember their conservative roots that tell them that deficits are bad. Seems obvious to me. There's a lot to the article and it's worth a read.