There has been a significant loss of high tech jobs due to outsourcing, specifically programming and technical support positions.
The article argues that dollars invested in India eventually return here, I think it's a very weak argument.
A programmer that made $85k before outsourcing really took off is apt to make $65k now -- if they can find a job. The fact that many can't find jobs for months at a time while laid off is a total drain on the economy. To spin this as cost savings which return to the US is ludicrous.
Both parties are wrong on this issue, but the Republicans are especially wrong by acting as if it's not a problem at all. Denial of the problem is hurting Republicans.
What's even worse is that there has been in increase in insourcing of manufacturing jobs, but the people in States like Ohio obviously are still peeved about the outsourcing of manufacturing jobs over the past decades.
So, while the real controversy here is service related outsourcing, the blue collars are taking this issue to heart and siding against Bush.
In a race that may come down to as little as 1/2 of a percentage point, every high tech vote is needed. It seems the Republicans don't think they need them. We'll see on election day.