I think you are not to far from the mark. It is sad to see the stereotype of Big Business Republicans having so much real life breathed into it.
This would explain the monetary support of the Chafee race and lack of support for conservatives who would not tow the line.
I voted straight Republican because I'm in Tennessee and
we didn't have a choice.lol
However, I admit it seemed the only ones benefiting from the war was Haliburton. I also wondered if terror was such a problem why our first response wasn't controlling our borders.
I'd like to see the Dems sit on the immigration issue until 2008.