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Eric Cantor to step down as majority leader
Politico ^
| 6/11/14
| JAKE SHERMAN, ALEXANDER BURNS, JOHN BRESNAHAN and ANNA PALMER
Posted on 06/11/2014 10:30:23 AM PDT by jimbo123
Rep. Eric Cantor will step down as majority leader, according to several Republicans sources, ending a meteoric 13-year Congressional career.
Several GOP sources say his resignation from that job will be effective July 31.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: amnesty; byebyecantor; cantor; cantordreamact; cantorkidsact; dreamact; itstheamnestystupid; lameduck; massamnesty; mexico
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To: jimbo123
NO Republican is going to vote for amnesty for a long time.
The recently-declared-dead Tea Party movement has assured that.
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posted on
06/11/2014 10:55:04 AM PDT
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: tennmountainman
No... it’s to give enough time for the GOP-e to rally around one candidate, but not enough time for the tea party to establish itself after the elections.
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posted on
06/11/2014 10:57:42 AM PDT
by
dangus
To: TruthShallSetYouFree
To: dangus
There is a whole lot of blood in the water.
If conservatives don’t get leadership posts now, they never will.
It is time for Conservatives in the house to draw a line in the sand.
NOW is the time.
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posted on
06/11/2014 11:03:28 AM PDT
by
tennmountainman
(Just Say No To Cochran And Boss Hogg.)
To: Georgia Girl 2
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posted on
06/11/2014 11:04:41 AM PDT
by
tennmountainman
(Just Say No To Cochran And Boss Hogg.)
To: JPG
Gee, perhaps Bonehead should get the message and resign his speakership too.
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posted on
06/11/2014 11:06:24 AM PDT
by
Mouton
(The insurrection laws perpetuate what we have for a government now.)
To: tennmountainman
he is stepping down just before the recess in order to block any conservative doing anything of substance. It also makes him the amnesty martyr
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posted on
06/11/2014 11:08:12 AM PDT
by
longtermmemmory
(VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
To: jimbo123
What do you think the odds are that he would push forward amnesty?
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posted on
06/11/2014 11:10:54 AM PDT
by
tbw2
To: Theodore R.
duplicitous and slimy Yes, sadly, that's what the American people are always seeking.
Based upon all the Mitch McConnell cheerleaders flooding FreeRepublic lately, you'd certainly get that impression.
"Hold your nose! Vote for Mitch! Hold your nose! Vote for Mitch!"
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posted on
06/11/2014 11:15:23 AM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
To: tbw2
What do you think the odds are that he would push forward amnesty?
100%. That's why you need to call your REP today and tell them to stop Cantor's Amnesty scheme.
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posted on
06/11/2014 11:15:26 AM PDT
by
jimbo123
To: jimbo123
Why not today? Cantor is worthless.
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posted on
06/11/2014 11:22:59 AM PDT
by
mulligan
(I)
To: jimbo123
"Sooner or later everyone sits down to a banquet of consequences." -- Robert Louis Stevenson
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posted on
06/11/2014 11:26:16 AM PDT
by
Iron Munro
(The Obamas' Black skin has morphed into Teflon thanks to the Obama Media)
To: jimbo123
Amnesty is dead.
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posted on
06/11/2014 12:23:54 PM PDT
by
fortheDeclaration
(Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
To: Iron Munro
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posted on
06/11/2014 12:39:41 PM PDT
by
jimbo123
To: TruthShallSetYouFree
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posted on
06/11/2014 12:41:50 PM PDT
by
upchuck
(... honesty is the never-ending rehearsal for those who want to be the friends of God...)
To: jimbo123
Stepping down as Majority Leader. Right after the RINOS pass Amnesty with the Democrats before the Aug 1 recess. How is Eric Cantor, who is not going to have power in a couple of months and has very little to offer other congressmen, going to be an enforcer on a topic which requires members to go out on a limb to get done? He can't offer them anything, really. He's a lame duck, if he tries twisting arms he'll get laughed at. So how is his presence in that role supposed to help amnesty?
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posted on
06/11/2014 12:49:36 PM PDT
by
pepsi_junkie
(Who is John Galt?)
To: pepsi_junkie
Cantor only needs 18 RINO votes to pass Amnesty. Who’s going to stop him and Boner from bringing the bills to the floor?
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posted on
06/11/2014 12:53:06 PM PDT
by
jimbo123
To: jimbo123
And who was going to stop Cantor from doing this had he won yesterday? Our options were:
1) Defeat Cantor and have him push amnesty;
2) Reelect Cantor and have him push amnesty.
Option 1, yesterday’s outcome, is better.
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posted on
06/11/2014 12:58:51 PM PDT
by
kevao
(Biblical Jesus: Give your money to the poor. Socialist Jesus: Give your neighbor's money to the poor)
To: jimbo123
Good news. Now take his amnesty ball away.
To: jimbo123
It should be obvious to anyone paying attention what the real reason for Eric Cantor's loss is. Cantor failed to do what is expected from all incumbent Republican candidates these days.
Cantor failed to secretly fund a Libertarian third candidate to confuse voters and split the vote.
In his district, with the way that he neglected to maintain a good relationship with his constituents, it may not have mattered. But having not tried at all to run a dark horse to dilute his opposition shows that he was never fit to lead the GOPe.
-PJ
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posted on
06/11/2014 1:16:51 PM PDT
by
Political Junkie Too
(If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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