Posted on 06/11/2014 7:26:57 AM PDT by mandaladon
Late Tuesday evening, conservative talk radio host Laura Ingraham savored David Brat's historic upset victory over House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) in Virginia's 7th Congressional District Republican primary.
"This was a cataclysmic upending of the old Republican Guard. A strong, substantive, passionate, earnest conservative flattened an arrogant, out of touch, two-faced, moderate Eric Cantor," Ingraham told Breitbart News shortly after the Associated Press declared Brat the victor.
Brat, who was not expected to win more than 40 percent of the vote, thumped Cantor by an astounding 55 percent to 44 percent margin. He won going away in a race where he was outspent by the incumbent by at least 10 to 1. Cantor's campaign will have spent more than $3 million in his loss, while Brat will have spent around $120,000.
Cantor was caught in a perfect storm of increasingly bad news about immigration while Brat ran a disciplined, highly focused campaign that hit relentlessly on the issue of amnesty.
Ingraham was one of the few national conservative voices who publicly supported Brat's efforts against Cantor. Conservative talk show host Mark Levin was also an early backer of Brat. On Monday, Glenn Beck also endorsed him.
Until Tuesday night, however, the campaign looked very much like a case of David versus Goliath before the onset of that Old Testamanent battle. But Ingraham helped Brat fashion a very effective sling shot in the form of criticisms on Cantor's record of support for amnesty. It proved to be as deadly against Cantor as the original David's slingshot was against Goliath.
"In February 2013, Eric Cantor put the word out that he was a chastened by the Obama 2nd term victory. He immediately moved toward the Obama immigration reform position, even toured the nation with amnesty-advocate Luis Gutierrez," Ingraham noted.
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I guess she’s getting lots of blowback-—and is regrouping.
Or implying?
The GOPe, RINOs and Bushes did NOT support Cruz in his bid for the senate. Dewhurst was the choice of the establishment.
Right—but he’s still relatively an elite insider.
Right—but he’s still relatively an elite insider.
We have a couple of good conservative governors but none have a national “presence” or organization. In the Senate we have Paul and Cruz. Cruz has a “Canada” problem he needs to solve quickly. Paul has a “Libertarian” problem he needs to solve but very carefully solve it so he does not alienate the organization he inherited from his Dad. Those are our choices and if we allow ourselves to be split into 2 or 3 “conservative” camps the GOPe will nominate Jeb Bush. I suggest conservatives get over the problems they have with anyone not “perfect” very quickly.
Wrong-- You are clueless about Cruz and his supporters.
HAHAHA!!!!
He’s not the ram-the-doors outsider that he plays on TV. (Not that a great number of insiders support his politics.)
Alberta’s Child, presumably male was expressing interest. Just wanted to let him know, she’s available.
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