Ezra Klein discusses the potential rift between big business and the Republican Party.
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Erik Cantor was a proponents of business interests and that seems to have been part of what drove ideologically oriented - Tea Party - Republicans in his district to vote him out.
They are part of a growing movement that does not think recent Republican presidents have been conservative enough.
For 2305 and 2306 - but mostly 2305 - this highlights the coalitional nature of political parties, and the fact that the Tea Party movement has had a major impact within the Republican Party. It's still anyone's guess what impact this has down the line.