The war being waged by Democrats and their union supporters against innovative technologies like Uber and Airbnb

Great article by Grover Norquist and Patrick Gleason about How Uber can help the GOP gain control of the cities:

Democrats are facing a tough choice. A big part of their base is the unions now facing off against such disruptive innovations as Uber, Lyft, Airbnb and charter schools. Do Democrats support the regulations pushed by taxi and other unions that help to protect the status quo but can also stifle competition? Or do they embrace innovative technologies and businesses that expand transportation options, create jobs and are increasingly welcomed by another key Democratic constituency: urban dwellers, particularly young urban dwellers? ... Politically, this presents an opportunity for Republicans to make a comeback in cities. By championing the often disruptive share-economy businesses, defending them against the status quo and focusing their political campaigns on these issues, the GOP can show it is the party that embraces companies that improve the quality of life in cities.

By antagonizing and alienating various core constituencies, Democrats and Progressives are creating more and more opportunities for the GOP to make electoral gains in Silicon Valley. In just the recent past:

• Progressive groups have attacked the buses of large software firms with stones;
• Democrats have alienated Asian-Americans by supporting legislation to reintroduce racial quotas into the admission policy of the University of California;
• Democratic politicians and the liberal media have attacked Silicon Valley businesses for racist and sexist hiring practices;
• And now, Democrats are alienating young city dwellers by pandering to their union supporters and opposing new disruptive mobile phone technologies.

A playbook for how Republicans can begin to chip away at Democratic dominance in the urban centers of California is beginning to emerge. The argument against the Democrats should be something like the following: Democrats are in the pocket of the big public service employee unions that are bankrupting our cities and states, hindering the development of innovative, cost-saving technologies like Uber and airbnb, and opposing the charter schools and school vouchers that our educational system needs to regain competitiveness in the global economy; the Democrats' insistence on racial and gender quotas in hiring will destroy the vibrancy of the Silicon Valley economy (which is already one of the most diverse workplaces in the world) and threaten significant core elements of that economy, namely, Asian American high-tech workers; the Democrats' war on income inequality is actually a war on the high wage earners of high-tech industries.