re: They remain obsessed with cultural issues.
The GOP has also struggled with this. Many Baptist and Assembly of God people, not to forget the Catholic faithful are pro-life while they work in fast food and change oil and JiffyLube and aspire some day to own their own restaurant or auto repair garage.
But the McCains and Romneys... and yes the Ted Cruz types and many others fail to deal with the complete person. They act as if pro-life is isolated from economics.
Meanwhile, the new small businessman in the Republican is harassed by the zoning, building code and other regulations of the local Chamber of Commerce types. So the new entrepreneur class is trained to be anti-Republican because Republicans are seen as trying to put the new business out of business.
The Chamber of Commerce is Crony Crapitalism at the local level.
They should be dissed and ignored!