[2ndDivisionVet]

Read the whole thing, it's delicious.

[skeeter]

All of this assumes, of course, that the NYT and rest of the media really care about reporting the truth.

Which they do not.

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

The only "blind spot" in Washington is : WE THE PEOPLE"
When government folks consider only themselves and control of power and money
They forget that they are elected to represent us !
NOT THEMSELVES !
That was Cantor's error : He forgot to represent his constituency !!
and NOT the GOPe that he thought he was supposed to represent !
.. and we , the little people, who got him elected for 13 years, are PI$$ED !!

[Liz]

EXCERPT: BUSINESS WEEK Bloomberg News / By Lisa Lerer and Kathleen Hunter / June 12, 2014

Cantor Loss Hurts 2016 Republicans Seeking Hispanic Votes

The defeat of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, amid charges he supports amnesty for undocumented workers, will stall immigration legislation this year and send Republicans into the 2016 presidential season at odds with one of the nation’s fastest-growing political constituencies.

Torn between a party base opposed to easing citizenship for illegal immigrants and their broader electoral imperative to win Hispanic voters, prospective presidential candidates yesterday were forced to choose their words carefully. <> “We’ve been somewhat trapped by rhetoric and words, and amnesty is a word that’s trapped us,” said Republican Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky on a conference call organized by Partnership for a New American Economy, a group supporting immigration legislation. “We’re trapped in this rhetoric and we have to get beyond that,” said Paul.

=========================================== Blog: With Eric Cantor's Loss, the Republican Civil War Is About to Explode

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National Republican Party officials have concluded that passing legislation to change the immigration system is vital to improving their standing with Latino voters. President Barack Obama in 2012 beat Republican nominee Mitt Romney by 44 points among Latino voters, the widest gap in a decade.

Almost 28.2 million Hispanics will be eligible to vote in the 2016 presidential race, an increase of about 17 percent, according to an analysis of census data by the Center for American Progress, a research group. Hispanic influence may be even greater in battleground states, such as Florida, where more will enter the voting pool than white voters. --SNIP--

REST HERE: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-06-12/cantor-loss-hurts-2016-republicans-seeking-hispanic-votes

NOTE: Virginia latinos harangued Cantor into his libertal amnesty position......stupid Cantor sucked-up figuring the latino vote would catapault him to victory. The fact is the latino vote nationwide is a nothing 10% and will be miniscule for the forseeable future....despite Obama's bigtime sucking up to latinos.

IT AIN'T HAPPENIN' AMIGOS.

[BobL]

This is linked to the story, from April. It is GREAT to read in hindsight:

http://www.politico.com/story/2014/04/eric-cantor-virginia-republicans-106075.html

[Carry_Okie]

Eric Cantor’s Defeat Exposed a Beltway Journalism Blind Spot Snow Job

There, fixed it.