Why Are Fiscal Conservatives Going After Social COnservatives?

Creative Minority Report had a interesting post that notes a trend I am seeing all the place. See Republican Party Or The Donner Party?

Now there is some things I disagree with :

It seems to me that the fiscal conservatives were the ones who pushed McCain on us and were the first to abandon the USS McCain when it started taking on water. While we were working the buckets Christopher Buckley and Kathleen Parker and their fiscal friends rowed away and called us names.

Well it is true many Fiscal conservatives might have jumped ship I am not sure this is a correct version of history. It seemed that McCain was utterly abandoned by many leaders of the FIscal conservatives and they were all in the Romney camp. In fact is it fair to say that during the primary they were actually opposing both Huckabee and McCain with all guns blasting.

Still what he is saying is correct elesewhere. The GOP will not win by getting smaller. In the end it needs all the factions plus a little bit more.