Why the GOP is no longer BFF with big business

[doxydad]

They say politics makes strange bedfellows but what's happening in Washington lately is more like a type of estrangement. A sizable minority in the Republican party is opposing many business positions, says Greg Valliere, chief political strategist at Potomac Research Group.

It's the faction of the Tea Party and its sympathizers that oppose reauthorization of the Import-Export Bank, (which helps finance sales of U.S. exports to international buyers), immigration reform and funding for the Highway Trust fund. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce even favors raising the federal gasoline tax to replenish the fund.

And Republicans can't ignore what happened to former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor from Virginia. He was defeated in the Republican primary by a Tea Party challenger who was more conservative.

So are Democrats benefiting from this new divide between Republicans and business? Possibly. "The Export-Import Bank may run out of funding by the end of September [and] you have a lot of Democrats supporting funding for this," says Valliere. "It may create a very odd alliance of Democrats and big business."

Besides, who needs big business when you have the likes of the Koch Brudders?


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[global1]

1. The Repubs Are On The Wrong Side Of Every Issue & Now You Tell Me Even Big Business & The....

U.S. Chamber of Commerce. So how could they possibly win the Senate and maintain the House in November? Who's left (no pun intended) to vote for them? Could the Koch's just buy this election for them? Is that all it takes?

We really need to GOTV in November. I still think there is a chance to strengthen our hold in the Senate and take back the House. I just don't believe any of the polls anymore that say that the Repubs are in good shape. I just think that the MSM is trying to manipulate the results by conning people to believe that the Repubs are stronger than they really are.

[Pholus]

2. Just as long as big business doesn't find a larger home and role in the Democratic party.

Seems to me I used to scoff at my social conservative aquaintances as they voted for "no gay marriage" and ended up getting tax breaks for the 1% instead. I don't want us to go down that road.