That list of names are what I call “corporate conservatives” (GOP Inc). They’ve staked out their respective turfs, profited from the status-quo, and DON’T like outsiders barging in.
If you’re not part of the clique, you’re either a rube or a gauche in their minds.
Notice how these conservatives said/did nothing when Palin got the bum’s rush out of the governorship. Even worse, how about the Giffords shooting when all these conservatives ducked into the tall grass.
They praised her when it suited them, now some act shocked as though she shot their puppy.
Hypocrites.