Posted on 06/10/2014 8:46:43 PM PDT by 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 Cantors 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. Boehners 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. Cantors ties to Boehner may signal that a successful insurgency is on the way. Aides are telling the National Journal, Were absolutely stunned. Honestly, we really cant 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 Ryans position as a leader is in serious jeopardy.
The Death of the Tea Party Was Greatly Exaggerated....
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Last one in the water is a rotten egg.
And there’s no historical precedent for an immigration fiasco destroying the fabric of another culture?
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.
Justin Amash, Hensarling, Chaffitz are some of my favorites.
Earnst is going to win Iowa in Nov!!
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.
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