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Cantor has lost. (Original Post) hrmjustin Jun 2014 OP
I think he's losering Capt. Obvious Jun 2014 #1
Is there a Democrat Challenger?? Who is it?? Red State Rebel Jun 2014 #101
Someone who now has a new map to study. I love electoral politics! Send $$$. genwah Jun 2014 #130
Um,... blackspade Jun 2014 #163
Yes! deurbano Jun 2014 #165
Thank you! LoisB Jun 2014 #177
This message was self-deleted by its author Heather MC Jun 2014 #173
OH MY GOD would that be awesome! randys1 Jun 2014 #2
Maybe I'm Bonkers... BUT I In No Way Think This ChiciB1 Jun 2014 #83
What i was seeing was a D next to who beat him but that was wrong i now know randys1 Jun 2014 #86
tickles the shit out of me sawdust Jun 2014 #106
The chap who beat him is a real RW nut job, it was a one issue campaign and that arthritisR_US Jun 2014 #110
Sad but spot on analysis mikekohr Jun 2014 #178
I feel so bad for the dreamers.... arthritisR_US Jun 2014 #202
At the absolute minimum, Berlin Expat Jun 2014 #210
Are you kidding? Egnever Jun 2014 #200
That's how I see it too Plucketeer Jun 2014 #222
I think if the guy is even nuttier than Cantor, that has to be good for dems. AAO Jun 2014 #116
I doubt it. Virginia is a microcosm of the country right now SleeplessinSoCal Jun 2014 #208
I so hope you're wrong! AAO Jun 2014 #220
After reading about this guy today, I'm more optimistic. SleeplessinSoCal Jun 2014 #226
It is a heavily gerrymandered state (by Repubs). spooky3 Jun 2014 #223
It can work for us. When "de Brat" makes a "quotable" quote, we can run that against ALL the R's. genwah Jun 2014 #135
I don't see how the guy could be worse than that weasel Cantor. He will not be in the position AlinPA Jun 2014 #141
This is bigger than Big, and not very good news.. OLDMADAM Jun 2014 #167
That is how I see it too. I sure as hell hope Democratic voters turn out in November! nt arthritisR_US Jun 2014 #201
Worse Than Cantor? billhicks76 Jun 2014 #180
You may want to correct the spelling in your headline. former9thward Jun 2014 #3
thanks. hrmjustin Jun 2014 #4
But now my response seems out of place Capt. Obvious Jun 2014 #8
That is DEFINITELY not on anybody's radar nadinbrzezinski Jun 2014 #5
It's Seems Brat Won Because Of Immigration... ChiciB1 Jun 2014 #109
I was talking to the OP about nadinbrzezinski Jun 2014 #112
Any Other Thoughts?? ChiciB1 Jun 2014 #121
I do not know enough of local Virginia politics nadinbrzezinski Jun 2014 #125
Yeah, I Know Your Location/// ChiciB1 Jun 2014 #129
Go to his website nadinbrzezinski Jun 2014 #131
would they then replace a smirking... dhill926 Jun 2014 #6
Dunno, elleng Jun 2014 #9
Thank you. I live in VA and have referred to that race many times here, Nay Jun 2014 #186
A DUer who is, apparently, close to party decision makers elleng Jun 2014 #188
My reply to that statement was that even if they thought Cantor couldn't be Nay Jun 2014 #195
Thanks for that. elleng Jun 2014 #197
Probably not. former9thward Jun 2014 #24
It might be time to pour some money into this race. TexasTowelie Jun 2014 #36
It was an open primary so many of Brat's votes were from Dems. QED Jun 2014 #160
Even if its a solid red district... HooptieWagon Jun 2014 #50
To a BRAT! elleng Jun 2014 #7
51% reporting, ellen.. Cha Jun 2014 #12
Yes, a Dem will have to run against a Brat, Cha. elleng Jun 2014 #13
Against "de Brat"! Writers in late night wait with bated breath... genwah Jun 2014 #18
YES! elleng Jun 2014 #23
This message was self-deleted by its author littlewolf Jun 2014 #94
Cantor is a Indie? Iliyah Jun 2014 #92
NO, Repug, INCUMBENT. elleng Jun 2014 #105
That's what I thought .. at first.. and then I saw Incumbent. And, he's outta here, Iliyah!!!!! Cha Jun 2014 #172
I don't know anything about Dave Brat except he's the teabagger choice Warpy Jun 2014 #10
Thought he was invincible, did he? Yeah, Brat's a teabagger but hopefully a Dem will run Cha Jun 2014 #15
A 'long shot' maybe, elleng Jun 2014 #16
The Democratic candidate has $1000 cash on hand. former9thward Jun 2014 #31
Exactly! elleng Jun 2014 #45
Well, WE can fix that... genwah Jun 2014 #136
Last time, Cantor had $10 million and his Dem challenger Powell had Nay Jun 2014 #187
Cantor is a slimier teabagger from what I've seen so far. Not much information on Brat, but AlinPA Jun 2014 #133
Yup, take a good dose of Tea with your celebration nadinbrzezinski Jun 2014 #11
With 40% in it looks like he's going down. pa28 Jun 2014 #14
Can't imagine that he'd concede! elleng Jun 2014 #19
Boehner must be happy malaise Jun 2014 #17
Right, get the back-stabbing cretin away! elleng Jun 2014 #21
That would be awesome! NV Whino Jun 2014 #20
He lost. hasn't been called but the margin is getting bigger. hrmjustin Jun 2014 #22
fuhgeddaboudit! tk2kewl Jun 2014 #30
Open primary, baby Brother Buzz Jun 2014 #25
Here is hoping your money is correct. Whisp Jun 2014 #27
Please, let it come to pass tabasco Jun 2014 #96
I like that response... MrMickeysMom Jun 2014 #176
I will be royally pissed if DCCC doesn't go 'pedal to the metal' on this one Brother Buzz Jun 2014 #183
Is this the Canter that was involved in ChromeGait? Whisp Jun 2014 #26
Will immigration reform receive a vote this year now that Cantor has lost his primary? LonePirate Jun 2014 #28
Good question. hrmjustin Jun 2014 #29
Immigration reform is dead. former9thward Jun 2014 #40
The more the moderate Repugs push reform the more the extreme right will push against it Rosa Luxemburg Jun 2014 #174
Actually in its present form, I'm glad its dead. HATE the H-1B expansion in it! cascadiance Jun 2014 #205
I don't think that will happen. former9thward Jun 2014 #206
Yes, there are the Schumers and Clintons and other corporatists that have played along... cascadiance Jun 2014 #224
Hey, Eric! blogslut Jun 2014 #32
hee! WolverineDG Jun 2014 #87
Well, it's all about supporting the Democratic candidates and GOTV. blogslut Jun 2014 #93
Yup dems can vote gwheezie Jun 2014 #33
Happy day if that holds. brer cat Jun 2014 #34
wow, scumbag cantor gone! Takket Jun 2014 #35
OMG! sheshe2 Jun 2014 #37
The soft underbelly of America's democracy, the ultra low turnout primary, the Koch's saw Fred Sanders Jun 2014 #38
Looks like he lost to a teaparty candidate in the primary? madfloridian Jun 2014 #39
Exactly. I'm not sure why folks are cheering this... WorseBeforeBetter Jun 2014 #65
Exactly. former9thward Jun 2014 #207
How — and where — Eric Cantor lost, in 1 map WorseBeforeBetter Jun 2014 #227
Interesting map. former9thward Jun 2014 #228
They seem to think the Tea Party guy could possibly be defeated by a Democrat Jamastiene Jun 2014 #211
AP called it. hrmjustin Jun 2014 #41
Rachel just interrupted Chris Hayes Puglover Jun 2014 #52
She said that Cantor's team had no idea that a loss was on the way until 50 minutes ago. Skidmore Jun 2014 #60
That in itself is simply unbelievable. Puglover Jun 2014 #66
What difference will it make, except a change in GOP House leadership where everything is AlinPA Jun 2014 #154
Yeah, but at least Cantor's hideous, smarmy mug will be gone. catbyte Jun 2014 #196
Yes. The weasel has a constant smirk. He can't even smile without a snarling look. AlinPA Jun 2014 #217
Sucks to be him! VanillaRhapsody Jun 2014 #42
The FReepers SoCalNative Jun 2014 #43
I wonder if they counted chesterfield gwheezie Jun 2014 #44
Ap called it. he lost. hrmjustin Jun 2014 #46
Holy Shite this is delish malaise Jun 2014 #47
I know. hrmjustin Jun 2014 #61
Rachel is breaking it inthe middle of Chris Hayes program malaise Jun 2014 #48
OMG! Best news I've heard in awhile! City Lights Jun 2014 #51
One night while drunk I smoked a pack of unfiltered Chesterfields AngryAmish Jun 2014 #78
Brat won that county by 2700 votes. hrmjustin Jun 2014 #166
Cantor had never held a job gwheezie Jun 2014 #49
oh yeah! napkinz Jun 2014 #53
Man! How conservative is that district? chelsea0011 Jun 2014 #54
Very, and elleng Jun 2014 #117
sounds pretty bad to me. mucifer Jun 2014 #142
mwuahahahahahah. Was he not 'conservative' enough? nt Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2014 #55
Is this one is all about Immigration? n/t malaise Jun 2014 #67
Holy Shit! nt sufrommich Jun 2014 #56
Frankenstein's monster just ate Dr. Frankenstein n/t Yavin4 Jun 2014 #57
You nailed it! Boomerproud Jun 2014 #99
The vacancy left by the hard right lurch of the GOP will soon be filled by the DEMS. COUNT. ON. IT. blkmusclmachine Jun 2014 #215
cause he's too liberal?....this is one fucked up party... spanone Jun 2014 #58
With 86.5% of the vote in, the race is being called for Brat.. madinmaryland Jun 2014 #59
See you in hell you son of a bitch Takket Jun 2014 #62
I hate his guts- but this may be bad. Any chance of immigration reform this year just evaporated Lee-Lee Jun 2014 #63
THS IS EXACTLY WHAT I THINK! ChiciB1 Jun 2014 #113
Wow! myrna minx Jun 2014 #64
Opportunity has opened the door...time to put time and money to support the Democrat. K&R Jefferson23 Jun 2014 #68
So how bad is the teabagger that beat Ilsa Jun 2014 #69
God bless the Tea Party n/t Strelnikov_ Jun 2014 #70
Time to celebrate. hrmjustin Jun 2014 #71
Never thought I would cheer a Tea Party win TNNurse Jun 2014 #72
Hell Yea n/t Corey_Baker08 Jun 2014 #73
K & Effn' R!!! tosh Jun 2014 #74
This has been a good week for Schadenfreude. ucrdem Jun 2014 #75
Aw that's too bad Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2014 #76
Good! sheshe2 Jun 2014 #77
Can't stand Cantor cleduc Jun 2014 #79
DCCC better step to the plate on this Ruby the Liberal Jun 2014 #80
Fuck the D-trip-C. They aren't even fair weather friends. genwah Jun 2014 #126
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha... LadyHawkAZ Jun 2014 #81
Cantor on now n/t malaise Jun 2014 #82
Amazing! rug Jun 2014 #84
Good riddance to bad rubbish. So the baggers choose a bagger, but mountain grammy Jun 2014 #85
He is giving a campaign speech instead of concession speech. he never mentioned his opponent. chelsea0011 Jun 2014 #88
I suddenly have a warm feeling in the center of my chest Half-Century Man Jun 2014 #89
CANTOR LOSES (Politico) pinto Jun 2014 #90
What is Brat like? Is he just as bad as Cantor or more progressive? Lint Head Jun 2014 #91
He will make you wish for Cantor nadinbrzezinski Jun 2014 #114
Big KICK! countryjake Jun 2014 #95
It's a mixed blessing, people.... elzenmahn Jun 2014 #134
So it was the Latino haters that elected the teaparty terrorist randys1 Jun 2014 #97
There goes immigration reform mwrguy Jun 2014 #98
Who's The Democrat?? This Is a SUPER Conservative District... ChiciB1 Jun 2014 #100
Wow! stopbush Jun 2014 #102
Ahahahahahaha this is AWESOME. Arkana Jun 2014 #103
It's gif-arific JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #104
This is a big deal. That slime is out for now, the other guy won't change much in the GOP. AlinPA Jun 2014 #107
Best news I've heard in ages!! GoCubsGo Jun 2014 #108
I don't consider a Tea Party nutcase winning an election good news. n/t totodeinhere Jun 2014 #115
IMO, Cantor is a teabgger nutcase. AlinPA Jun 2014 #122
True. Cantor is of course. But go to right wing websites and you will seem them celebrating this. totodeinhere Jun 2014 #144
We will know more after Cantor's leadership position is filled. If it's a Louie Gohmert type, AlinPA Jun 2014 #150
He hasn't won the election that will give him the seat. GoCubsGo Jun 2014 #127
Oh Joy, joy! This is a very early birthday/Christmas present. FUCK YOU CANTOR! AAO Jun 2014 #111
Here's All I Have to Say Leith Jun 2014 #118
It looks like Cooter may have played a role.. loyalsister Jun 2014 #119
couldn't have happen to a better guy... HoosierRadical Jun 2014 #120
Sign The Goodbye & Good Riddance Card To Eric Cantor Corey_Baker08 Jun 2014 #123
Gotta love it Jack Rabbit Jun 2014 #124
First time I've ever been thankful for the tea party. n/t Bonhomme Richard Jun 2014 #128
I Sure Hope You Know More About VA Than I Do ChiciB1 Jun 2014 #140
Cantor should have done what all the other Cantors told him not to do... bayareaboy Jun 2014 #132
Hallelujah! deutsey Jun 2014 #137
You know from all these responses I get the feeling you guys didn't like him. hrmjustin Jun 2014 #138
Ab... so.... lute... ly... fuckin' awesome. Ellipsis Jun 2014 #139
thank heaven for small mercies NuttyFluffers Jun 2014 #143
This Guy Is Now Taling About JESUS! ChiciB1 Jun 2014 #145
Who? Cantor? He's Jewish! countryjake Jun 2014 #149
The Tea-Bagger! ChiciB1 Jun 2014 #151
Well, look at it this way...an established batshit goonie just lost... countryjake Jun 2014 #159
Upon Reflection AND Further News ChiciB1 Jun 2014 #221
HAHAHAAHA FUCK YOU CAN d_b Jun 2014 #146
Didn't they just knock out the only Jewish GOPer in the house? Iliyah Jun 2014 #147
Now if Paul Ryan Livluvgrow Jun 2014 #148
YES!!!!!! Dopers_Greed Jun 2014 #152
Whoda thunk it? BumRushDaShow Jun 2014 #153
I realize it's a mixed blessing stopwastingmymoney Jun 2014 #155
Oh, yeah... What can you do? AnnieBW Jun 2014 #156
I want to see the concession. Fox won't hire him. marble falls Jun 2014 #157
I just saw excerpts from his concession speech speech and his wife looked like totodeinhere Jun 2014 #161
Rats, In a Way gussmith Jun 2014 #158
The R's made one Flatpicker Jun 2014 #162
There is God. I'm so glad underthematrix Jun 2014 #164
Ditto it all. eom littlemissmartypants Jun 2014 #168
He's not an AmeriCAN, he's an AmeriCANT... Blue Owl Jun 2014 #169
Amazing that even Cantor isn't conservative enough. BlueCheese Jun 2014 #170
Hooray! IrishAyes Jun 2014 #171
Wooohoooo! Thank you, Virginia! ancianita Jun 2014 #175
Cantor looked the part and was such a slimy bastard. EEO Jun 2014 #179
Who is Dave Brat? MrMickeysMom Jun 2014 #181
Yay! n/t Chan790 Jun 2014 #182
this may not be the best thing at this juncture. Puzzledtraveller Jun 2014 #184
Eric Cantor Aerows Jun 2014 #193
Wow! first time one of my threads got the most recs in a day on this forum. hrmjustin Jun 2014 #185
He's so despicable Aerows Jun 2014 #191
The sour looking manager of the asshole store Aerows Jun 2014 #189
Lost to a Chicken basket! Rex Jun 2014 #190
His mind Kennah Jun 2014 #192
I've read that his defeat ends immigration reform for another two years. Lobo27 Jun 2014 #194
They weren't going to do anything anyway. Blue_Adept Jun 2014 #214
I don't really care how it happened... MustBeTheBooz Jun 2014 #198
I think a hardy hardy-har-har is in order! AAO Jun 2014 #199
He is going to need lots of these.... Historic NY Jun 2014 #203
The sore loser law will prevent flamingdem Jun 2014 #204
I cannot wait to hear Mama's reaction. 47of74 Jun 2014 #209
Low turnout. 13% of the District voted in the open GOP primary. struggle4progress Jun 2014 #212
ok let's see DonCoquixote Jun 2014 #213
As the GOP lurches hard right, so goes the DEMS, chasing after the ever-moving "Center." blkmusclmachine Jun 2014 #216
This was well planned out by the dems SmittynMo Jun 2014 #218
The GOP is being attacked get the red out Jun 2014 #219
Vote for Trammell ! urbuddha Jun 2014 #225

Response to Capt. Obvious (Reply #1)

ChiciB1

(15,435 posts)
83. Maybe I'm Bonkers... BUT I In No Way Think This
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 08:26 PM
Jun 2014

is AWESOME!! This is scaring the SHIT out of me! Think about the guy who beat him! WORSE THAN CANTOR!

Even the sorta, kinda. iffey Repukes that might even give a THOUGHT to being normal, says this country is going FURTHER OFF COURSE!!

I don't think anyone saw this, but not sure I can take this RIGHTWARD LURCH, heading off a cliff. Am I alone???

 

sawdust

(199 posts)
106. tickles the shit out of me
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 08:36 PM
Jun 2014

This fuels the flame of discourse and in fighting among the repugs.....who is the next in line for speaker now? hahahaha..

arthritisR_US

(7,269 posts)
110. The chap who beat him is a real RW nut job, it was a one issue campaign and that
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 08:40 PM
Jun 2014

was immigration. Good luck seeing any changes in law with respect to immigration happening now. The Dreamers will have to keep dreaming I'm afraid.

mikekohr

(2,312 posts)
178. Sad but spot on analysis
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 10:28 PM
Jun 2014

Immigration reform is stone cold dead right now.

We have to hold the Senate and get back the House or it's 2 more years of stalemate and assquackery.

arthritisR_US

(7,269 posts)
202. I feel so bad for the dreamers....
Wed Jun 11, 2014, 12:43 AM
Jun 2014

there is a part of me that wants to dance around because cantor got the rug pulled out from under him, but the price will be too high for the innocents...

Berlin Expat

(946 posts)
210. At the absolute minimum,
Wed Jun 11, 2014, 03:13 AM
Jun 2014

we need to hold the Senate to block the worst excesses of a wingnut House of Representatives.

 

Egnever

(21,506 posts)
200. Are you kidding?
Wed Jun 11, 2014, 12:33 AM
Jun 2014

We just got a freshman senator for the majority leader! That is a win even if the guy is batshit crazy the level of power traded out there was immense. The new guy wont get anything done and will be a sole vote nay. I will take that trade every day of the week.

 

Plucketeer

(12,882 posts)
222. That's how I see it too
Wed Jun 11, 2014, 12:11 PM
Jun 2014

This rube will be a vote - nothing more. What tickles me is how Cantor's smile/sneer we've seen as he's been chomping at the bit for Boehner's gavel - will now mean ZIP! LOL!!!! Eric - go back to VA and sulk - you mean-spirited piece of s**t.

SleeplessinSoCal

(8,992 posts)
208. I doubt it. Virginia is a microcosm of the country right now
Wed Jun 11, 2014, 02:18 AM
Jun 2014

And they've swapped a Rand Paul for another Ted Cruz.

SleeplessinSoCal

(8,992 posts)
226. After reading about this guy today, I'm more optimistic.
Wed Jun 11, 2014, 02:39 PM
Jun 2014

It's a safe district for the GOP. But other than their dislike for Cantor, Republicans there don't seem so out of step with the majority of Americans.

It would appear the mainstream media is going to muck this up again by wrongly claiming loud and long that it was immigration policy that booted Cantor.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/11/eric-cantor-immigration_n_5483928.html?utm_hp_ref=politics

spooky3

(34,300 posts)
223. It is a heavily gerrymandered state (by Repubs).
Wed Jun 11, 2014, 12:34 PM
Jun 2014

This is a safe red district, but anything can happen.

AlinPA

(15,071 posts)
141. I don't see how the guy could be worse than that weasel Cantor. He will not be in the position
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 08:56 PM
Jun 2014

of leadership that Cantor was and will be (at least for some time) about as useful as Louie Gohmert.

OLDMADAM

(82 posts)
167. This is bigger than Big, and not very good news..
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 09:52 PM
Jun 2014

I love the Hell out of seeing this putz take this hit, but if there was any prayer for Immigration Reform, forget it now, and maybe for the next 3 years at the least.. This comes from my hubby who is an activist, who explained it at length to me..

After this result, no repubz will utter a word about it, and you can throw in moderate Dems in hard races in November. Now, if we aren't careful and we lose a few seats in the Senate, you can forget about it in the next Congress as well..

If we should lose the Senate.. ba bye. The President could do it by executive order, but that may be impossible until after the November election at the earliest, and the next Pres. Dem candidate may not want him to do that until after the 2016 elections..

 

billhicks76

(5,082 posts)
180. Worse Than Cantor?
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 10:31 PM
Jun 2014

Is that possible? At least this guys not coached and developed by Big Money and the War Machine. I'm sure he's a conservative crazyman but at least he had a PHd. You don't think this gives the Democrat the edge? But what if this guy wants to bomb Iran like Cantor did? Where the Hell is our version of the Tea Party??? We are dropping the ball...people are fed up with business as usual and we could squeeze some Progressives in if it weren't for our own Eric Cantors trying to keep the club exclusive.

 

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
5. That is DEFINITELY not on anybody's radar
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 07:38 PM
Jun 2014

Last edited Tue Jun 10, 2014, 08:41 PM - Edit history (1)

and that is not a bad thing... I think

He is losing to a tea party crank that makes Cantor look rational if I remember correct though.

ChiciB1

(15,435 posts)
109. It's Seems Brat Won Because Of Immigration...
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 08:39 PM
Jun 2014

Other than Cantor being gone, there may now be an even CRAZIER idiot in Congress! Tell me I'm really, really wrong, I need you hear it. A really conservative District, you think it's minimum wage??

 

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
125. I do not know enough of local Virginia politics
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 08:46 PM
Jun 2014

though I suspect part of it was immigration, the other not approving funds after the quake.

Now if Issa was the one out the door, I would be able to have a more informed opinion, my beat to a point,.

ChiciB1

(15,435 posts)
129. Yeah, I Know Your Location///
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 08:49 PM
Jun 2014

Florida is mine, so I'm out in "Left" field too. Just wondering why I don't feel so happy.

dhill926

(16,234 posts)
6. would they then replace a smirking...
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 07:39 PM
Jun 2014

piece of shit with an absolute madman? Or does a Dem have any chance in the general?

Nay

(12,051 posts)
186. Thank you. I live in VA and have referred to that race many times here,
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 11:27 PM
Jun 2014

pointing out that national dem orgs sent NO money to Powell, even though he was polling at 40% before the election. Everyone wonders why that happened. Was there a high-level agreement between R and Ds that Cantor would not be challenged? Or what?

No one has come up with a decent explanation for that. If the dem orgs do send money to this new Dem challenger, what will it tell us? If they don't, it will most certainly tell us they don't care if tea partiers win.

elleng

(130,126 posts)
188. A DUer who is, apparently, close to party decision makers
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 11:34 PM
Jun 2014

defended the 'decision' to not 'throw money away' on Powell. We had several 'discussions' here at the time. Allegedly, it was because they had to decide among numerous candidates, and decided they could not beat cancer.

Nay

(12,051 posts)
195. My reply to that statement was that even if they thought Cantor couldn't be
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 11:49 PM
Jun 2014

beaten, it was still important to show state democrats that national democrats and the Party itself was still behind their own candidates. Otherwise, local Dem parties wither and die. After all, the Repub Party has thrown money at its candidates all the way down to dogcatcher, and they've done well with that tactic.

TexasTowelie

(111,282 posts)
36. It might be time to pour some money into this race.
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 07:59 PM
Jun 2014

Most of Cantor's voters will probably move over to Brat, but it is an opportunity.

 

HooptieWagon

(17,064 posts)
50. Even if its a solid red district...
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 08:07 PM
Jun 2014

... a rookie Representative isn't going to have choice committee assignments, committee chairs, or much influence as compared to Cantor. So even if the Dem candidate loses, its still a bit of a victory for Democrats in that the GOP loses some experienced leadership.

Cha

(295,899 posts)
12. 51% reporting, ellen..
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 07:43 PM
Jun 2014

Republican 51.2% Reporting
Tweet

D. Brat
55.6%
31,218

E. Cantor (i)
44.4%
24,954


We can't get him from the left maybe we can get him from the right?! If he loses then a Dem will have to run against Brat, no?

Bet he's sweating right now and the smirk is gone.

Response to elleng (Reply #13)

Cha

(295,899 posts)
172. That's what I thought .. at first.. and then I saw Incumbent. And, he's outta here, Iliyah!!!!!
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 10:09 PM
Jun 2014

Warpy

(110,900 posts)
10. I don't know anything about Dave Brat except he's the teabagger choice
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 07:42 PM
Jun 2014

which means he's even worse than Cantor, although probably less effective. It would be nice if he turned out to be nutty enough to lose in November, but that's a long shot in VA.

Cantor is losing because fracking caused earthquakes have caused damage in his district and he was stupid enough to oppose any government aid to help fix it.

Cha

(295,899 posts)
15. Thought he was invincible, did he? Yeah, Brat's a teabagger but hopefully a Dem will run
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 07:45 PM
Jun 2014

against him and Win!

former9thward

(31,798 posts)
31. The Democratic candidate has $1000 cash on hand.
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 07:58 PM
Jun 2014

Which is nothing in a Congressional race. If the DCCC does not support him with money he will go nowhere.

http://ballotpedia.org/Virginia's_7th_Congressional_District_elections,_2014

Nay

(12,051 posts)
187. Last time, Cantor had $10 million and his Dem challenger Powell had
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 11:32 PM
Jun 2014

$400,000 (NONE from Dem national orgs, all his own money or local donations). And Powell STILL got 40% of the vote. So money from Du, Act Blue, etc. is critical.

AlinPA

(15,071 posts)
133. Cantor is a slimier teabagger from what I've seen so far. Not much information on Brat, but
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 08:51 PM
Jun 2014

how could he be any worse than that smirking weasel?

 

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
11. Yup, take a good dose of Tea with your celebration
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 07:43 PM
Jun 2014
http://davebratforcongress.com/about-dave/

Oy... I hope that gives the dem a chance, and makes a non contested district one that is.

elleng

(130,126 posts)
21. Right, get the back-stabbing cretin away!
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 07:50 PM
Jun 2014

so maybe some hope that repugs would change their ways, and actually GOVERN???!!!

NV Whino

(20,886 posts)
20. That would be awesome!
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 07:49 PM
Jun 2014

Even if the teabagger wins the general, and I hope he won't, he will be a freshman. And Cantor will be toast either way.

Brother Buzz

(36,212 posts)
25. Open primary, baby
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 07:54 PM
Jun 2014

Looks like the Democrats torpedoed Canter. My money says this seat will flip in November if the numbers hold.

DCCC, please pick up the nearest white courtesy telephone.

 

tabasco

(22,974 posts)
96. Please, let it come to pass
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 08:32 PM
Jun 2014

I live right next to Virginia and I don't want it to be wackjob-land.

Brother Buzz

(36,212 posts)
183. I will be royally pissed if DCCC doesn't go 'pedal to the metal' on this one
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 10:51 PM
Jun 2014
Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!
 

Whisp

(24,096 posts)
26. Is this the Canter that was involved in ChromeGait?
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 07:55 PM
Jun 2014

Be still my heart.

Eric Cantor, the evil thing of all evil things.

LonePirate

(13,386 posts)
28. Will immigration reform receive a vote this year now that Cantor has lost his primary?
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 07:56 PM
Jun 2014

Boehner might push it through since his Majority Leader has only six more months on the job. Or maybe Cantor will push for it simply to piss off the Tea Party types that rejected him.

former9thward

(31,798 posts)
40. Immigration reform is dead.
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 08:02 PM
Jun 2014

Cantor was the one pushing it. Other Rs will see what happened to him and run away from it. No one can 'push it through.

Rosa Luxemburg

(28,627 posts)
174. The more the moderate Repugs push reform the more the extreme right will push against it
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 10:16 PM
Jun 2014

that is why immigration is going to be topic of the year

 

cascadiance

(19,537 posts)
205. Actually in its present form, I'm glad its dead. HATE the H-1B expansion in it!
Wed Jun 11, 2014, 02:10 AM
Jun 2014

I would hope that if we can get a more Democratic majority in congress instead of a Cantor controlled majority, that we could get a more clean bill out of the house that does REAL immigration reform, and not trying to use that to expand legalized slave labor here that screws working class both of those working as H-1B workers and those of us that get put out of work and our salaries lowered because of it. H-!B is NOT immigration, but temporary worker legislation, where ultimately the work experience is transfered out of this country instead of building it up here.

former9thward

(31,798 posts)
206. I don't think that will happen.
Wed Jun 11, 2014, 02:15 AM
Jun 2014

There is a big conflict in the Democratic Party on immigration. The unions generally oppose it, especially the H-1B. The tech companies who give heavily to the Party support it. A bigger Democratic majority will not resolve these differences.

 

cascadiance

(19,537 posts)
224. Yes, there are the Schumers and Clintons and other corporatists that have played along...
Wed Jun 11, 2014, 01:01 PM
Jun 2014

... with the corporate lobbyists in the past to infect bills like this with the H-1B crap in them. But even Clinton lately has been trying to appear more "progressive" as a part of sounding out whether she's running for president in 2016. We as progressives can also make this an issue in coming primaries too, so that we make sure and nominate those who will get out the H-1B programs from such legislation. The tide is building now. Perhaps even some tea partiers that are less corporatist in allegiances amongst Republicans would like to see this stuff pulled out and work together to see that it is.

WolverineDG

(22,298 posts)
87. hee!
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 08:29 PM
Jun 2014

couldn't happen to nicer people.

I do hope this means the Dems win, otherwise it will be "cuckoo for Cocoapuffs" time....

blogslut

(37,955 posts)
93. Well, it's all about supporting the Democratic candidates and GOTV.
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 08:31 PM
Jun 2014

I will begin phone banking come October/ November.

gwheezie

(3,580 posts)
33. Yup dems can vote
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 07:58 PM
Jun 2014

Hope it doesn't 't backfire on dems. If Brat wins dems better put up a fight. Brat is a loon.

Takket

(21,421 posts)
35. wow, scumbag cantor gone!
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 07:59 PM
Jun 2014

that's great! i know nothing about this district. dem beating cantor would be hard but surely we can make a campaign of it against a teahadist, right?????

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
38. The soft underbelly of America's democracy, the ultra low turnout primary, the Koch's saw
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 08:01 PM
Jun 2014

that long ago and have been clawing at it for years.

A challenge from the right according to the brain dead media who say it is a safe seat for any crazy Republican without daring to mention the distorted, convoluted gerrymandered District or the voter turnout.

Cantor was not rusty or lazy, he refused to cross over to the tea party crazy.

WorseBeforeBetter

(11,441 posts)
65. Exactly. I'm not sure why folks are cheering this...
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 08:16 PM
Jun 2014

to the extent they are. A Democrat hasn't held that seat since 1971... we're talking George "Macaca" Allen territory.

former9thward

(31,798 posts)
207. Exactly.
Wed Jun 11, 2014, 02:17 AM
Jun 2014

Someone more right wing than Cantor will take the seat. And it kills immigration reform which Cantor was pushing for.

WorseBeforeBetter

(11,441 posts)
227. How — and where — Eric Cantor lost, in 1 map
Wed Jun 11, 2014, 04:30 PM
Jun 2014

I'm just logging on for the day and this map may have been discussed already, but thought I'd share it here:



http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/06/11/how-eric-cantor-lost-in-1-map/

What the hell is going on in the Richmond 'burbs?!

This comment at WaPo was rather interesting:

Just a Sunday drive in the country north of Richmond will verify the look of this map: every other yard is festooned with an angry yellow Tea Party banners. But so far there is too little discussion, much less any journalistic reporting, about the sizeable, indeed affluent, immigrant community in Henrico County, in particular Indian and Hispanic populations clustered around Richmond. It would be a mistake to assume that they are not sufficiently positioned within the business community to tip the November election. When Larry Sabato remarked last night on MSNBC that Cantor had stepped on toes, he was insinuating, I believe, Hispanic and Indian consituents that used to belong to Eric Cantor. If the Democratic machine gets behind Brat's challenger, allows this unknown socioligist to stump for and on the hard questions -- 1) immigration reform; 2) gun control; 3) and student loan reform, -- Cantor's former immigrant followers may come crawling out of the workwork to vote Brat down and put a Democrat in Cantor's seat. The thing is wide open right now. I wish someone at the Post would widen the reporting by talking with CASA, who booed Cantor at his press conferences, and get a sense of their numbers and the outreach potential of this grass roots organization; and talk as well with the Hispanic continuency at the Richmond Chamber of Commerce. Let's walk around the elephant and consider the whole beast before we make conclusions about Brat's upset by looking up the elephant's nose.

Jamastiene

(38,187 posts)
211. They seem to think the Tea Party guy could possibly be defeated by a Democrat
Wed Jun 11, 2014, 03:35 AM
Jun 2014

easier than Cantor. Plus, with the new guy going in, he won't hold so many committee seats and other leadership positions like Cantor. At least, that seems to be the gist of the idea that I have read here.

It sounds like a gamble to me, not something to cheer about. If the Democrat loses to the new extremist, it definitely won't be something to cheer about. I wish someone would explain why Teabaggers winning primaries is a good thing, in their view.

Skidmore

(37,364 posts)
60. She said that Cantor's team had no idea that a loss was on the way until 50 minutes ago.
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 08:14 PM
Jun 2014

They didn't see it coming.

Puglover

(16,380 posts)
66. That in itself is simply unbelievable.
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 08:16 PM
Jun 2014

I have always loathed that smarmy creep. But not sure how this will play out.

AlinPA

(15,071 posts)
154. What difference will it make, except a change in GOP House leadership where everything is
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 09:15 PM
Jun 2014

done to stop everything Obama? There is no chance for any compromise on anything that involves the President, so Cantor being replaced won't matter. Put a bag over Brat's head and you would not know the difference between him and Cantor. "No" and other crazy teabagger crap would still be coming out the mouth hole.

gwheezie

(3,580 posts)
44. I wonder if they counted chesterfield
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 08:04 PM
Jun 2014

Cantor has his support there out in the more rural areas Brat may beat him

gwheezie

(3,580 posts)
49. Cantor had never held a job
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 08:07 PM
Jun 2014

His dad hired him to work in the family business then got him a job with the GOP. Eric should call George Allen for help

elleng

(130,126 posts)
117. Very, and
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 08:42 PM
Jun 2014

apparently fracking an issue, tho not being told, and immigration reform a big issue as cancer apparently was supporting 'reform.'

Boomerproud

(7,888 posts)
99. You nailed it!
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 08:34 PM
Jun 2014

Pukes created this monster and are being eaten by it. The rest of us are next unless people in this district come to their senses.

 

Lee-Lee

(6,324 posts)
63. I hate his guts- but this may be bad. Any chance of immigration reform this year just evaporated
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 08:15 PM
Jun 2014

That is the wedge issue he got defeated on.

I suspect the recent news coverage of immigrant children pushed this race over.

No Republican in the House will even think about supporting it now after seeing what happened to him. I suspect it just made many Democrats in moderate districts pretty gun shy on immigration as well.

I can't smile too much his defeat when it signals the much bigger thing we most clearly just lost any chance of.

Ilsa

(61,675 posts)
69. So how bad is the teabagger that beat
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 08:17 PM
Jun 2014

Cantor? I realize he would be a freshman if he won in November and wouldn't have the same power and influence. Could the Dem win in November?

TNNurse

(6,911 posts)
72. Never thought I would cheer a Tea Party win
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 08:18 PM
Jun 2014

But someone beat Eric Cantor..... how can you not be happy about that!!!!!!

Ruby the Liberal

(26,216 posts)
80. DCCC better step to the plate on this
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 08:22 PM
Jun 2014

Cantor didn't take the challenge seriously. Lets hope this guy has a closet chock full of skeletons.

Half-Century Man

(5,279 posts)
89. I suddenly have a warm feeling in the center of my chest
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 08:30 PM
Jun 2014

that, I'm pretty sure, doesn't have anything to do with the saki...

pinto

(106,886 posts)
90. CANTOR LOSES (Politico)
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 08:31 PM
Jun 2014

By Jake Sherman | 6/10/14 8:03 PM EDT Updated: 6/10/14 8:22 PM EDT

RICHMOND, Va. — House Majority Leader Eric Cantor was toppled on Tuesday night in the most shocking primary defeat since Republicans took the House in 2010.

Dave Brat, a local economics professor who had tea party support, became the second challenger to defeat a House incumbent this primary season. Texas Republican Ralph Hall lost to a tea party insurgent at the end of May.
Continue Reading

Brat also halted one of the most meteoric rises in national politics, and his win illustrates the strong anti-incumbent fever that has taken over Cantor’s Richmond-area district.

Cantor’s defeat not only reorders Virginia politics, where Cantor was the highest-ranking Republican, but it completely throws the House Republican leadership into flux. Cantor, 51, was long seen as the next speaker of the House after John Boehner retires.

http://www.politico.com/story/2014/06/eric-cantor-primary-election-results-virginia-107683.html

countryjake

(8,554 posts)
95. Big KICK!
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 08:32 PM
Jun 2014

Never thought I'd be recommending a tea-party win, but if that's what it took to send Cantor packing, so be it.

Majority Leader comes crashing down!

elzenmahn

(904 posts)
134. It's a mixed blessing, people....
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 08:52 PM
Jun 2014

...yep, he's gone, but next stop is likely K-Street. Watch his annual income increase exponentially in the coming months and years.

If he's astute, he might be more dangerous out of Congress than in. He had the spotlight on him when he was serving his constituents. Now the spotlight is off - which means he'll be able to get away with a lot more than before. And that's saying a lot.

randys1

(16,286 posts)
97. So it was the Latino haters that elected the teaparty terrorist
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 08:33 PM
Jun 2014

Is there any chance of the Dem beating the terrorist in Nov?

mwrguy

(3,245 posts)
98. There goes immigration reform
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 08:34 PM
Jun 2014

This is going to scare away the rethugs who support it, and probably some democrats, too.

ChiciB1

(15,435 posts)
100. Who's The Democrat?? This Is a SUPER Conservative District...
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 08:34 PM
Jun 2014

Can a Democrat win?? I certainly hope all the hoopla here is real, cause I'm really worried. YESTERDAY, a Democrat threw the legislature to the Repukes, TODAY Cantor loses!

Please keep posting stuff that will make me feel better. As with most of we who follow politics, this is a shock to me but is it even possible a Democrat can win? And will a Democrat from that District be even a real Democrat???

Arkana

(24,347 posts)
103. Ahahahahahaha this is AWESOME.
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 08:35 PM
Jun 2014

First House Majority Leader to lose his seat in a primary in 115 years.

The Tea Party Frankenstein is destroying its creator.

AlinPA

(15,071 posts)
107. This is a big deal. That slime is out for now, the other guy won't change much in the GOP.
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 08:37 PM
Jun 2014

Both are teabaggers.

totodeinhere

(13,034 posts)
144. True. Cantor is of course. But go to right wing websites and you will seem them celebrating this.
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 08:56 PM
Jun 2014

I just checked Freeperville and they are just ecstatic over there. And good news for them is bad news for me.

AlinPA

(15,071 posts)
150. We will know more after Cantor's leadership position is filled. If it's a Louie Gohmert type,
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 09:03 PM
Jun 2014

we won't be celebrating. With all the obstruction by the House of anything Obama, it probably won't make a lot of difference anyway. It's still no to everything and a continuation of the Repeal Obamacare loop.

GoCubsGo

(32,061 posts)
127. He hasn't won the election that will give him the seat.
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 08:47 PM
Jun 2014

He is still a candidate.

Also, if the teabagger wins, he will not automatically assume Cantor's leadership position, and that is a good thing. It will still go to a dickhead, as that's about all the GOP consists of these days, but it won't be that teabagger.

loyalsister

(13,390 posts)
119. It looks like Cooter may have played a role..
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 08:42 PM
Jun 2014


Former congressman Ben Jones (D-Ga.), better known as "Cooter" from Dukes of Hazzard, has a plan to knock Eric Cantor out of the House. He's urging his fellow Democrats to cross over and vote for a tea party-backed candidate in Virginia's primary election.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/06/ben-cooter-jones_n_5463196.html


The question I have now is whether it's possible for him to be a solid candidate?

Corey_Baker08

(2,157 posts)
123. Sign The Goodbye & Good Riddance Card To Eric Cantor
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 08:44 PM
Jun 2014

From Day One of Obama’s presidency, Eric Cantor has used every dirty trick to block the Democratic agenda. There are so many big issues we could make progress on without Republicans like Eric Cantor in our way: raising the minimum wage, passing comprehensive immigration reform, student loan reform, and making millionaires and billionaires pay their fair share just to name a few.

And tonight, Cantor has been thrown out by the Tea Party base that he’s kowtowed to at every turn.

If you’re also glad that Cantor’s been shown the door, sign our card to let him know:

http://dccc.org/Bye-Bye-Eric-Cantor

Jack Rabbit

(45,984 posts)
124. Gotta love it
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 08:45 PM
Jun 2014

Now, can the Dems pick up the seat against a Bagger?

Since when was Eric Cantor too moderate for the Tea Party? Eric, my man, reap what you sow.

ChiciB1

(15,435 posts)
140. I Sure Hope You Know More About VA Than I Do
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 08:55 PM
Jun 2014

because the guy who got elected is a NUT JOB! I have no idea who the Democrat is, and yesterday a Democrat GAVE the legislature to Repukes! What kind of Democrat could possibly win here? Just asking.

bayareaboy

(793 posts)
132. Cantor should have done what all the other Cantors told him not to do...
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 08:49 PM
Jun 2014

especially Eddie Cantor, do not get into politics, and if you do, don't be a RePUG!

NuttyFluffers

(6,811 posts)
143. thank heaven for small mercies
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 08:56 PM
Jun 2014

i'm pretty sure i won't miss him. wait, let me reflect... nope, still pretty sure.

ChiciB1

(15,435 posts)
151. The Tea-Bagger!
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 09:08 PM
Jun 2014

Commenters are saying the winner is anyone who's against immigration! WOW, sure hope I feel better tomorrow!

I'm kind of having some weird thoughts that "batshit goonies" are really taking this country SOUTH! And not the border south, the idiot SOUTH!

countryjake

(8,554 posts)
159. Well, look at it this way...an established batshit goonie just lost...
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 09:23 PM
Jun 2014

to another batshit goonie. Both tea-partiers, and both destructive, but Cantor was smug in his seat, big in the various committees he was a member of, and confident that he could continue to lead the House down a rabbit-hole. The new guy doesn't have any such power.

I know, it's scary shit to be cheering for a tea-party victory, and I'm not real comfortable with it at all, but Cantor was a slithering snake. Now he's probably wondering what could have brought this all on...his promotion and crackpot support of the tea-baggers is what caused it. They eat their own.

ChiciB1

(15,435 posts)
221. Upon Reflection AND Further News
Wed Jun 11, 2014, 10:46 AM
Jun 2014

Maybe Democrats cobbled together and voted against THE SLIME BALL CANTOR!

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
147. Didn't they just knock out the only Jewish GOPer in the house?
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 08:58 PM
Jun 2014

3....2....1.....blame game and guess who and political group its gonna be.

Livluvgrow

(377 posts)
148. Now if Paul Ryan
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 08:59 PM
Jun 2014

were sent packin I would really celebrate. I say it wont change a thing because come voting time in Congress their votes would be the same anyway.

totodeinhere

(13,034 posts)
161. I just saw excerpts from his concession speech speech and his wife looked like
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 09:35 PM
Jun 2014

she got run over by a freight train.

 

gussmith

(280 posts)
158. Rats, In a Way
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 09:23 PM
Jun 2014

Good grief, now the Supremes can say I told you so. Cantor with his campaign millions lost to a first timer with a few hundred thou. Citizens United gets a boost.

Flatpicker

(894 posts)
162. The R's made one
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 09:38 PM
Jun 2014

Hell of a Frankenstein's monster with the Tea Party.

It's turning on them, but this has to be put down in the general. Can you imagine a TP controlled congress?

We'll be Farked, Fracked, Frigged and Fucked in no time...

IrishAyes

(6,151 posts)
171. Hooray!
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 09:59 PM
Jun 2014

Now the key is to convince the idiot to run as a write-in candidate, thereby splitting the nutjob vote as much as possible and encouraging a leftward win. I encourage Mike Huckabee to run for president for that very reason.

MrMickeysMom

(20,453 posts)
181. Who is Dave Brat?
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 10:32 PM
Jun 2014

Well, it looks like he's private right-wing educated and can't tell the difference between church and state, if you ask me.

Brat, a Michigan native, is 49 years old. He’s spent the last 18 years working as an economics professor at Randolph Macon College, a school of around 1,200 students located in Ashland, Va. According to news reports, he also spent time working as an economist in the Army and at the accounting firm Arthur Andersen. He earned his bachelors degree from Hope College, a small liberal arts college in Holland, Mich. He would go on to get a doctorate in economics from American University. Brat, who is Catholic, got his masters from Princeton Theological Seminary, an institution that, according to its mission statement, “prepares women and men to serve Jesus Christ in ministries marked by faith, integrity, scholarship, competence, compassion, and joy, equipping them for leadership worldwide in congregations and the larger church, in classrooms and the academy, and in the public arena.”
Brat launched his campaign in January. Like many tea party-aligned candidates, he said he wanted to address the nation’s ballooning deficit and that he wanted to be Cantor’s “term limit.”
But, even for a conservative hopeful, he took on the Republican establishment in unusually harsh terms. Shortly after launching his campaign, according to an account in the Culpeper Star Exponent, Brat held an event in which he suggested that Washington politicians charged money to pass laws. He also said that, to get a seat on the House Ethics Committee, a member would have to pay $150,000.


Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2014/06/2014-virginia-primary-election-dave-brat-107688.html#ixzz34IHKwd00


 

Aerows

(39,961 posts)
193. Eric Cantor
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 11:46 PM
Jun 2014

getting beaten is the first time a Sitting Majority Leader got ejected in a Primary since 1899. So yes, this is a good thing. It is telling how little respect the members of his district have for him.

Besides, he's so sour, I hope he goes home tonight and recognizes that despite how highly he thinks of himself, his constituents don't!

 

Aerows

(39,961 posts)
191. He's so despicable
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 11:42 PM
Jun 2014

smarmy and condescending, I think everyone on the left (and some on the right) are pleased to see that arrogant snob get his behind handed to him. He's like Romney, so arrogant he didn't see it coming, either.

 

Aerows

(39,961 posts)
189. The sour looking manager of the asshole store
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 11:40 PM
Jun 2014

has lost, much to his surprise. Couldn't happen to a more richly deserving smarmy clown.

Lobo27

(753 posts)
194. I've read that his defeat ends immigration reform for another two years.
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 11:49 PM
Jun 2014

Many reps will be scared to support reform.

Blue_Adept

(6,384 posts)
214. They weren't going to do anything anyway.
Wed Jun 11, 2014, 06:09 AM
Jun 2014

It's been dead for awhile and as we've seen, nothing of any importance will get done while Obama is in office because he - and the country - can't have a win.

struggle4progress

(118,032 posts)
212. Low turnout. 13% of the District voted in the open GOP primary.
Wed Jun 11, 2014, 03:48 AM
Jun 2014

About 7% voted for Brat, about 6% for Cantor





SmittynMo

(3,544 posts)
218. This was well planned out by the dems
Wed Jun 11, 2014, 08:22 AM
Jun 2014

At first, I thought, OMG, a tea party POS overtakes the GOP? It's getting worse than I thought.

Think about it. Based on many postings I have read on this, many dems came out to vote against Cantor. Cantor needed to get the boot. He was the extreme of the GOP and stood for nothing. But replacing him with a tea party idiot? Could it be worse than Cantor? Perhaps. Perhaps not. He does not have the recognition Cantor had, and will most likely lose in November. I think it was a good move. The dems now have a chance to take it all in November. I just hope they don't blow it. A good offense starts with a good defense. And then there's the fact that this a a huge blow to the GOP. They are falling apart on a daily basis.

Either way, then end result is that Cantor is out and I couldn't be happier. Good riddance sucka.

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