The Top 8 Consequences of Cantor's Defeat

Breitbart's Big Government ^ | June 10, 2014 | Ben Shapiro

[2ndDivisionVet]

On Tuesday night, one of the most stunning upsets in Congressional primary history took place, with House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) losing his primary to economics professor Dave Brat. Brat campaigned on the platform that Cantor was a backer of amnesty legislation; heavy conservative media coverage of the thousands of illegal immigrant youths pouring across our inundated southern border contributed to a sense of urgency. So Cantor is out.

And the landscape has radically shifted, both for the Republican Party, and for the 2014 election. Here are the biggest ramifications of Cantor’s defeat.

Boehner Is Likely Done. The writing has been on the wall for Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) ever since a failed House insurgency in the aftermath of a coup attempt against his speakership in January 2013. Boehner had been under fire ever since his sequestration deal with President Obama in 2011; his “fiscal cliff” deal with President Obama at the end of 2012 only drove further pressure. Boehner’s repeated attempts to covertly push amnesty legislation have lost him his base. And the departure of many of his top allies in Congress leaves him vulnerable this year. Cantor’s ties to Boehner may signal that a successful insurgency is on the way. Aides are telling the National Journal, “We’re absolutely stunned. Honestly, we really can’t believe it.”

The “Young Guns” Are Firing Blanks. Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and Cantor were considered the so-called “young guns” in the House, preparing to take over leadership from Boehner and company whenever he stepped down. Ryan and Cantor have been vocal about their desire for immigration reform legislation this year. Cantor is now gone. And Ryan’s position as a leader is in serious jeopardy.

The Death of the Tea Party Was Greatly Exaggerated....

[PapaNew]

Well, history and the reality of what's happening is on my side. Some get it, others don't.

Last one in the water is a rotten egg.

[Future Snake Eater]

And there’s no historical precedent for an immigration fiasco destroying the fabric of another culture?

[vox_freedom]

Methinks the economy is going to crash no matter what the Fed does or doesn’t implement... We are in for some very difficult times.

[Girlene]

2. Cantor either was a conservative when he first entered Congress or he never was a conservative. We are told he originally won as a very strong conservative. If he was a conservative, then he is the poster child for the corruption of Washington DC getting eventually to everybody.

I don't know if it matters. Either way, you have sold out your constituents for ambition

Term limits or not, in our minds we should grant a candidate 4 terms at a maximum and then replace them.

I agree on the term limits....4 is too long for the Senate. That's 24 years. Four for the House, two for the Senate would be my recommendation.

Cantor has a democrat wife????? Wow. Even so, I doubt he will run as a democrat. Now, a write-in candidate? He just might......he has that much lust for power.

[CPT Clay]

Justin Amash, Hensarling, Chaffitz are some of my favorites.

[CPT Clay]

Earnst is going to win Iowa in Nov!!

[redgolum]

I hope so.

But just as in VA, the GOP doesn’t like her, and would probably rather have Braley in the Senate than Earnst. The former is a lawyer, like the majority of the GOP. The later is a “farmer”.

And to be honest there will be election fraud. If she isn’t ahead by over 10% by election time, the chances of her winning are not that great. We are close enough to Illinois that such things are getting more and more common place.

[redgolum]

I think the economy is going to crash no matter who gets elected. I also fear that the crash will fuel social unrest like we have seen for 150 years.

When the majority of young adults are not able to find a job to support themselves, you have issues. When their parents are starting to have to move back in with their parents, things are going down fast.