People don't care about bootstrap personal stories anymore, they care where you stand on the issues. It's not 1950, and the GOP refuses to recognize it.
And the author is right here. Most people don't own businesses, nor do they plan to. The fact that the GOP thinks that telling everyone they are pro-business is a winning strategy is yet another piece of evidence that they are listening too exclusively to the Chamber of Commerce, and not at all to the grassroots.
The average voter does not come out and vote for you because you run ads saying you are pro-business. They aren't at home saying, “man, if only I could find a candidate to vote for who will roll back some of these regulations on corporations.” News flash: EVERYONE who would vote for you for those reasons is ALREADY voting for you.
The Chamber of Commerce does not reflect the average American voter. Unless the GOP picks up on this FAST, they will blow another opportunity here. If Social Issues are so radioactive, why are you running so many Pro-Choice, Pro-Gay-Marriage ads in states where your candidates support those positions?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3204615/posts?page=46#46
What the Hell are you talking about? The GOP has been trying to be more like the Democrats. It has about as much in common with libertarianism as Josef Stalin did.