Cantor lost
AP says, in a stunning upset, the establishment guy lost to a tea party challenger. Cantor is A rated by NRA. Looks like Cantor probably lost due to push back on his support for the immigration bill.
Cantor’s internal polling had him at a 34 point lead.
Let’s see what establishment Washington does.
June 10th, 2014 at 8:52 pm
Right now their wetting themselves in Richmond, D.C., and RNC headquarters.
June 10th, 2014 at 8:58 pm
I guess the voters are kinda serious about this whole ‘No-Amnesty’ thing.
June 10th, 2014 at 8:59 pm
As a constituent of Cantor’s…..may I be the first to say…
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA…..SEE YA…. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Of course, NOW he’s dangerous. As a lame duck, he’ll be pushing all the programs that we don’t want.
June 10th, 2014 at 9:04 pm
Oh, and, also…
THE TEA PARTY IS DEAD! THAT’S WHY – what? whadaya mean Cantor lost the primary? you can’t be serious!
June 10th, 2014 at 9:13 pm
Cargosquid, better let a professional handle that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ca9GuwuOVZc
Next question is, does the GOP support the nominee that defeated Cantor or not?
I’m thinking “not”, similar to the VA Gov race.
June 10th, 2014 at 9:25 pm
We don’t need no steenkin party support…
June 10th, 2014 at 9:26 pm
Lots of retirements and now this. Wanna bet the amnesty push gets harder and louder?
June 10th, 2014 at 10:05 pm
Good
June 10th, 2014 at 10:20 pm
That’s what I’m wondering Dano; does the GOP back away from it, or are they going to go full-tilt boogie to get it passed now?
June 10th, 2014 at 10:39 pm
Yep.. I bet a bunch of RINOs and Democrats in toss up states and having a sleepless night.
All I can say is… 2014
June 10th, 2014 at 11:58 pm
They are already calling the guy that won an “insurrectionist” and an “insurgent”
June 11th, 2014 at 12:32 am
mekender, they call him an “insurrectionist” or an “insurgent”; I call him a “freedom fighter.”
June 11th, 2014 at 9:06 am
CNN and MSNBC will now say Cantor was a great legislator.
June 11th, 2014 at 9:15 am
Here’s something that I’ve noticed. EVERYONE is calling this a Tea Party victory. The Dems are pushing it for fund raising. FOX is pushing it as cheerleading for the TEA Party.
NO Tea Party group helped. No endorsements. No organizing. No organized fund raising.
The truth is that Brat won this by appealing to the voters and THEY kicked the bum out.
THAT is what is scaring the incumbents.
June 11th, 2014 at 9:48 am
“Let’s see what establishment Washington does.”
Hmm, probably something along the lines of insert FBI agent into winning candidate’s staff, have covert agent do all sorts of idiotic stuff to tar and feather said candidate until he loses the election to a write in candidate…
June 11th, 2014 at 1:57 pm
People were rarely voting FOR Brat — they were voting AGAINST Cantor.
In addition to the amnesty thing, and despite his NRA “A” rating, Cantor was hated and mistrusted by most every one of his constituents who votes @nd Amendment first, because of his arrogant hostility to peacefully and lawfully armed citizens. (For example, year after year, despite being told directly and repeatedly, he INSISTED on holding VA GOP activities in gun-free zones, even when informed of equivalent (or sometimes superior) venues in the same area that were not Psychopath Hunting Preserves.
June 11th, 2014 at 3:12 pm
The WSJ is all atwitter because he once mentioned that a Hitler could rise again….in an article for a theology journal
But here’s the passage that got them excited. Pull this an use it as a policy statement and you’ll find support:
Note, that wasn’t a politically crafted statement but from an article in an obscure theology journal in 2011.
June 11th, 2014 at 5:11 pm
I wouldn’t be celerating just yet. There’s still the general election, and at this point both the Democrats and the Republicans will be working on Brat’s defeat.
June 11th, 2014 at 5:31 pm
Lyle,
True, but as a Congressman, Brat can be shoved into the back row. But for now, he is a lesson for Democrats and Republicans in DC. In any case, the Republicans would have to purposely throw away a seat no one sees as likely to change parties. That would be a deeper indictment of the establishment Republicans than anything so far.
June 11th, 2014 at 10:18 pm
I hate to ruin the circlejerk, but what are the odds that a lot of Dems crossed over to vote in the (R) primary?
1. VA has open primaries
2. It doesn’t look like there was a Democratic primary at all for VA’s 7th district.
June 11th, 2014 at 10:21 pm
more at HuffPo
June 11th, 2014 at 10:45 pm
The Dem candidate announced at the deadline.
the 7th is a strong GOP district.
Three precincts that voted for Obama voted for Brat. The huge margin of win, though, did not make that necessary. The turnout was HUGE for a primary.
If Dems want to elect MORE conservative Republicans than the ones that we have…… more please.
June 12th, 2014 at 11:56 am
Next up, Thad Cochran and Lamar Alexander.
June 12th, 2014 at 11:56 am
>The Dem candidate announced at the deadline.
I’m not sure what that means. Maybe you mean the election in November will include a (D) and a (R)?