""yet many of these grassroots activists from the hard-right are ones who have never ran for precinct delegate; let alone been involved in their county parties. They want a Republican Party that is a closed tent; a party that only welcomes Joe the Plumber and not Robert the C.E.O."""

How? I'm one of these grassroots activists who is a precinct delegate and active in the county and district parties. My views generally are conservative or libertarian depending on the issue.

"Something is wrong with the Republican Party when the young professional from Ann Arbor votes Democratic. Something is wrong with the Republican Party when the young family from Oakland County votes Democratic. Something is wrong when the business executive from Grosse Pointe votes Democratic."