Eric Cantor’s Primary Loss Is a Political Earthquake. And It’s Awful.

Daily Beast ^ | June 10, 2014 | Michael Tomasky

[lbryce]

How did the No. 2 man in the House lose a primary? Chalk it up to immigration and the Tea Party. It’s one of the most shocking losses in U.S. electoral history—and it’s bad for America. Here’s the thing: Eric Cantor did not fall asleep in this race. He spent around $5 million. He ran lots of TV ads. He knew this was going to be a close one. He campaigned. And he still got creamed.

And here’s the other thing: Cantor was not an enemy of the Tea Party. He was in fact the Tea Party’s guy in the leadership for much of the Barack Obama era. He carried the tea into the speaker’s office. And still he got creamed.

[SADMILLIE]

YES Sir! ( I snap to the hair line) Hang in. Stay ready.

[Lorianne]

Cantor was never a tea party guy.
sheesh

[Kenny]

looks like it will be “Speaker Of The House Paul” come 2017

Paul Ryan is more for amnesty than Cantor was.

[MeshugeMikey]

The Tea Party is Alive, Thriving and Kicking!!

[Enterprise]

"Amnesty pimps need not apply!! Republicans who refuse to fight for defunding ObamaCare need not apply!! Republicans who raise the spending limit for Obama need not apply!! Big spending statist GOPe RINOS need not apply!!"

And don't you come back no more, don't you come back no more.

[Friendofgeorge]

All I know is that phonies like Megan McCain and Kirsten (sp)Powers have had their stuff published there

[Friendofgeorge]

very good

[crusadersoldier]

gosh the media was crowing mere weeks ago that the tea party was dead

[Pelham]

“”Amnesty pimps need not apply!!”

Those of us in California have to find someone other than Neel Kashkari to vote for.

[Mountain Mary]

“go tea party”....

As for Brat’s victory tonight, Laura Ingraham reports that Jenny Beth Martin(Tea Party Patriots) wouldn’t even return Brat’s phone call.
And that the other TP orgs didn’t support him either.

I say it’s a win for WE THE PEOPLE..and the Tea Party that we’ve known and loved better get their stuff together very quickly or they will be toast too.

[Big Horn]

People don’t like congress and took out one of the leaders.

[EDINVA]

This is from the Daily Beast. What else would one expect?

[definitelynotaliberal]

Oh, my word! I can’t thank you enough for posting this. I enjoyed reading it entirely too much.

[1010RD]

It’s bad for America?

[SADMILLIE]

The establishment rigs the election. Over throw the establishment. Where is KARL TONIGHT??

[3D-JOY]

Well said, Jim.

It should continue to make our opinions clear!

[smokingfrog]

Right on, brother!

[Billthedrill]

I rather enjoy the panic in the author's piece even if he a totally clueless wannabe. If he refers to the voters who elected Brat as "these people" he's confessing he doesn't really understand them to begin with. He's bright enough to identify the issue, though: the idea that enticing hordes of children over the border to become pawns of domestic politics would be unsavory for any political movement; that it is the policy of the sitting government is not simply unsavory, it is disgusting and alarming. And the idea that "these people" are alarmed by it only raises the question of why in the world he isn't?

[1010RD]

Will Cantor support the GOP candidate against the Dem?

[kevao]

VA has open primary, too. Comparing tonight’s VA election with the one in SC is kind of apples and oranges. A primary in one, single, fairly conservative congressional district is a completely different animal than a state-wide Senate primary.