The last five years and the Iraq war have gouged a basic rightwing assumption about the Bush regime: that they would be good for corporate business. Its becoming clearer that corporations signed a Faustian pact with BushCo and that Bush and Cheney indeed may not have been such a corporate godsend.
Will corporations turn on Bush? Not likely, in the short term. But what is good for Halliburton and Bechtel turns out to be not so good for Starbucks, MacDonalds, Mickey Mouse, and KFC, especially overseas.
In 2000 we on the left argued that trickle-down was old news and that Bush would be bad for business. Its becoming clearer that Bush is not only bad for business, he is bad for Brand America. I increasingly have to convince colleagues and business partners overseas, even in Toronto, that Bush does NOT represent the will of all Americans, and that they can still feel welcome to do business with me as an American.