This article in the Wall Street Journal is getting a lot of attention today: GOP Is Losing Grip On Core Business Vote. The article, free today, begins:
The Republican Party, known since the late 19th century as the party of business, is losing its lock on that title.
New evidence suggests a potentially historic shift in the Republican Party’s identity — what strategists call its “brand.” The votes of many disgruntled fiscal conservatives and other lapsed Republicans are now up for grabs, which could alter U.S. politics in the 2008 elections and beyond.
It seems fiscal conservatives are finding the GOP isn’t so grand after all.