[rightazrain]

You are correct. I’m in Virginia. During the Brat/Cantor campaign, all anyone could talk about was that Cantor was pro amnesty (true). Cantor went down hard and caused a political earthquake in DC. They knew why he lost, ran into their holes, and changed their votes. Gang of 8 bill went crashing down. It would have passed if Cantor loss hadn’t shocked them out of their cute little plans.

[Liz]

Cruz made no effort to help Brat in his uphill race against Boehner/s right hand man...the show-boating Cantor. No wonder not one Republican Senator his endorsed Cruz.

Then-House Majority Leader, Eric Cantor (R-Va), was considered untouchable and inevitable. Here's how it went down---the defeat of Boehner's right hand man--Eric Cantor.

<><> the showboating Cantor had tons of money---spent 26X times his opponent's $100K.

<><> Cantor consistently polled an astounding 34 points ahead of his unknown opponent.

<><> Cantor was considered "inevitable" and "untouchable".

<><> Cantor had no ethics problems.

<><> Cantor sucked-up to an anti-tea party group.

<><> Cantor sucked up to the latino vote.

<><> Cantor showboated his leadership---was deeply into (gag) "diversity."

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BY CONTRAST CANTOR'S PRIMARY OPPONENT:

<><> Brat ran as Cantor's TERM LIMIT

<><> Brat roundly opposed, and was vociferous against amnesty.

<><> Brat ran as a staunch conservative (now in Congress he has a bonafide 100% conservative rating.)

<><> On election day, Brat got 18,000 more Repub out to the polls than the previous election that elected Cantor.

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CANTOR IN DEFEAT----DUMBFOUNDED:

HERE'S THE KICKER Cantor ran high-priced ads
delineating his opponent's "inferior" positions... but
voters liked what they heard and came out in droves for Brat.