CANTOR LOSES

politico.com ^ | 6/10/14 | Jake Sherman

[cotton1706]

RICHMOND, Va. — Dave Brat, a local economics professor, toppled House Majority Leader Eric Cantor on Tuesday night in the most shocking primary defeat since Republicans took the House in 2010.

The conservative challenger’s victory halts one of the most meteoric rises in national politics, and illustrates the strong anti-incumbent fever that has taken over Cantor’s Richmond-area district. Cantor is the second House incumbent to lose this primary season — Texas GOP incumbent Ralph Hall was defeated by a tea-party backed challenger at the end of May.

Cantor’s defeat not only reorders Virginia politics, where Cantor was the highest-ranking Republican, but it completely throws the House Republican leadership into flux. Cantor, 51, was long seen as the next speaker of the House after John Boehner retires.

[albie]

Is this for real?

[BobL]

From the ENTIRE TEA PARTY.

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You stuck with it, posting article after article - OUTSTANDING WORK!!!

[TigersEye]

Thank you, Virginians, for some much needed good news!

[sasquatch]

It’s really hard to take the stink off a turd.

[RedMonqey]

Fox trying to now encourage Cantor to run a write-in campaign

I'm watching Fox and missed that.

Time delay?

I'm in a Central time zone.

[Norm Lenhart]

I wonder if we the ‘pure’ will more vitrol from t of FR tonight. Looks like we are right about being able to win with a conservative...again.

[TADSLOS]

“this will make it much harder for the establishment to get things done”.

I fail to see a problem here. 😃

[Bshaw]

“Probably means that he and Speaker will go all out to push amnesty through no that he is a lame duck.”

He was already supporting it, albeit in a shroud of secrecy. He would have come out for it after the election, had he won.

Now he is free to bis loathsome self in broad daylight.

Bye Cantor! Good riddance, Tchuss, Auf Wiedersien and adios Amigo!

Ok, next, let’s get Boehner out of the big boy chair!

[CatOwner]

Any possibility of this being the DEMs crossing over to vote out Cantor?

[IDontLikeToPayTaxes]

Yay! Conservatism retook a single seat in the House. All we have to do now it retake the entire education system, every federal agency, Hollywood, the music industry, the publishing industry, a significant percentage of churches, the news industry, the Senate, and the White House.

It'll take decades.

[laplata]

Fox trying to now encourage Cantor to run a write-in campaign. GET LOST, FOX! Voters have rejected shamnesty and the establishment!

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That’s bull.

FOX mentioned it as a possibility but I saw no encouragement to do so.

[Tennessee Nana]

OH NOEZ !!!!

[5th MEB]

Since Lee accepted the command of The Army of Northern Virginia.

[Moonman62]

[MaxMax]

Oh my. LMAO! WHOOHOOO! next RINO speaker of the House (pooof)

Get some real leadership in there. Kick Boehners ass to the curb next!

[RedMonqey]

GOP-e is DEAD..

Love live the GOP!

[RoseofTexas]

Just reported by Fox News that Cantor is going to push for Amnesty as soon as possible! The a&&hole is out for blood!! By tomorrow Lindsey , Obama and cantor will hit it hard! SC you buttholes have screwed us again!!!

[BobL]

“BRAT IS A SOLID CONSERVATIVE!!!”

First post to mention his name. I agree with you about Brat, but IT DOESN’T MATTER. The TOOTH FAIRY or even a Pelosi clone would have been fine.

Just GET THAT CLOWN OUT OF THERE.

[kevao]

Why would the Dems want to take out Cantor? He helps them push their agenda.

[cripplecreek]

It'll take decades.

I figure I have at least 3 and maybe 4 more to work with.