Posted on 06/10/2014 8:47:24 PM PDT by maggief
Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) offered his sympathies to Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) in a brief statement late Tuesday after his top lieutenant was defeated in a stunning primary loss.
“Eric Cantor and I have been through a lot together,” Boehner said in a statement that read like a condolence note. “He’s a good friend and a great leader, and someone I’ve come to rely upon on a daily basis as we make the tough choices that come with governing. My thoughts are with him and Diana and their kids tonight.” Boehner and Cantor have worked closely together in the last two years after a tense period in the first year of Boehner’s tenure as Speaker.
Cantor was seen as Boehner’s heir apparent, and his loss will shake up the line succession in the House GOP ranks.
In a shocking upset, Cantor was defeated, 56 percent to 44 percent, by conservative David Brat, a Tea Party-aligned college professor with no experience in elected office.
Did he cry?
Boehner will now have to offer the Tea Party an acceptable replacement for Cantor , most likely Jeb Hensarling, and plum assignments to try to save his job.
I think if he offers anything less he will lose. And that might not be enough.
This is a HUGE victory.
It can be anyone. One does not have to be a House member to be Speaker. How about Dick Cheney? Or Rush Limbaugh? That would drive the Democrats absolutely nuts.
GOPe Unity means conservatives surrender.
Bonehead and McCarthy will be a goner in the future, as well.
Conservatives in the house smell blood in the water.
You can bet the GOPe are already plotting how to either have the Dem beat Brat or how to bring Brat into line.
Hopefully Brat’s a Cruz who won’t be co-opted.
I’m in..., one day is more than enough time to take of all those issues...!
Fuel the C-130’s
Clara Ritger @clararitger
John Boehner just walked up to the restaurant to mine. Do I ask him how he feels about losing Cantor? #HardChoices 7:42 PM - 10 Jun 2014
Clara Ritger @clararitger
Boehner silent on Cantor. "Oh you all know what the rules are," he says to reporters outside the restaurant before closing the car door. 9:32 PM - 10 Jun 2014
If all goes well, after the Benghazi select, we should have Gowdy as SOH.
Yup. Thanks.
The Federal Politicians blew it by not enforcing their own laws, so it is time, - - - time for a change.
I hope that the weeping liberal bonehead is the next to be voted out of office!
Obviously this is a shock to the kids they will never recover from. They’re not automatic members of the oligarchy anymore.
gowdy has already said clearly he does not nor will have any interest in being speaker.
quietly a lot of support is coalescing around jeb hensarling of texas.
My thoughts are with him and Diana and their kids tonight.
Love it Grae W.
I would add “go to Disney World” ...
Well said, Viennacon.
I’m so sick of all these larcenous unprincipled Grifters hugging & spooning each other....
Wiki:
Personal life[edit]
Cantor met his wife, Diana Marcy Fine, on a blind date; they were married in 1989.[7][23][61] They have three children: Evan, Jenna, and Michael. Fine is a lifelong, liberal Democrat. Contrary to her husband’s stated positions, she is pro-choice and supports same-sex marriage.[62]
Diana Cantor is a lawyer and certified public accountant. She founded, and from 1996 until 2008 was executive director of, the Virginia College Savings Plan (an agency of the Commonwealth of Virginia). She was also chairman of the board of the College Savings Plans Network.[61][63][64] Mrs. Cantor is a managing director in a division of Emigrant Bank, a subsidiary of New York Private Bank & Trust Corp. [65]
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/06/diana-cantor-joins-revlon-board-92831.html
Diana Cantor, the wife of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, was elected this month to the board of the cosmetic giant Revlon – the fourth public company for which she serves as a director.
The Cantors have a longtime friendship with Ronald Perelman, the chairman of Revlon’s board and the head of holding company MacAndrews & Forbes that owns a large chunk of the cosmetic company.
http://www.forbes.com/profile/diana-cantor/
Profile
Diana F. Cantor, has served on our Board of Directors since October 2005, serves as the Chairperson of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors and also serves on the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board of Directors. Ms. Cantor joined Alternative Investment Management, LLC as a Partner in January 2010 and is the Chairman of the Virginia Retirement System, where she also serves on the Audit and Compliance Committee. Ms. Cantor was a Managing Director with New York Private Bank and Trust from January 2008 through the end of 2009. Ms. Cantor served as Executive Director of the Virginia College Savings Plan, the state’s 529 college savings program, from 1996 to January 2008. Ms. Cantor served seven years as Vice President of Richmond Resources, Ltd. from 1990 through 1996, and as Vice President of Goldman, Sachs & Co. from 1985 to 1990. Ms. Cantor is also a member of the Boards of Directors of Media General, Inc., Universal Corporation, Revlon, Inc., Knowledge Universe-US and Service King Body and Paint LLC. Ms. Cantor also previously served on the Boards of Directors of the Edelman Financial Group Inc. and Vistage International.
That Man Looks Very Isolated.
Is he with that girl next to him? has he asked her to have a drink or three with him?
Thanks.
[Trade Secret: “When you have a Federal Politician’s attention, be sure to hit ‘em between the eyes with the sledge hammer of REALITY!” ]
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