{"id":11560,"date":"2013-11-02T02:09:30","date_gmt":"2013-11-02T09:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=11560"},"modified":"2013-11-02T02:09:30","modified_gmt":"2013-11-02T09:09:30","slug":"republicans-say-bye-to-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2013\/11\/02\/republicans-say-bye-to-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans, Say Bye to Business"},"content":{"rendered":"

Republicans have long considered themselves the party of business, just as Democrats consider themselves the party of labor.  The latter remains valid, but Republican TEAbuggery like shutting down the government and costing the nation \u2018s economy #24 bullion hits business where it hurts.  Where this extremism is most apparent, such as Georgia, business donors are beginning to desert the Republican Party in favor of the Democrats.<\/font><\/p>\n

\"1102Nunn\"Signs of the Republican Party rift between business and the Tea Party are showing up where Democrats most want to see them: in the campaign account of Michelle Nunn, daughter of four-term Georgia Senator Sam Nunn…<\/p>\n

\u2026Nunn, 46, is running for the seat of retiring Republican Senator Saxby Chambliss, and her opponent has yet to be determined. Eight Republicans are competing in a June 3 primary, including three U.S. House members who supported the ill-fated plan to link defunding Obamacare to lifting the debt ceiling and passing a government spending bill. Their efforts led to a 16-day shutdown that Standard & Poor\u2019s estimated cost the U.S. economy $24 billion. <\/p>\n

In addition to Wieland, Nunn\u2019s donors include Jim Cox Kennedy, the chairman of Atlanta-based communications company Cox Enterprises Inc., who contributed $2,600 to her candidacy, after giving $30,800 to the Republican National Committee and $5,000 to Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney in 2012… <\/p>\n

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Steve Kornacki explained the Georgia race.<\/font><\/p>\n