And like them, Hewitt has increasingly little use for the entrepreneurial crowd. Ignoring the GOP's suburban base altogether, Hewitt uses his typology mostly to argue that the party should kowtow to such Christian-right leaders as James Dobson and Gary Bauer. The article oozes contempt for the shallow, ignorant money grubbers who send the party six-figure checks. If GDP increases, all is well,' is their credo. They write checks to campaign coffers, and they vacation out of state.
Net worth is the key to their hearts and minds.
There have been substantial defections from this group to the Democrats in recent years, especially from the higher income brackets, where laissez-faire lifestyle politics holds sway. Their discomfort with the Party of Faith propels them into the arms of their natural enemies. Instead, he scorns those Republicans who resonate to the American ideals of personal achievement and economic progress. But instead of celebrating them, Hewitt finds them annoying and a bit stupid. They don't even know their own interests.