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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI'm sorry that Cantor lost.
I don't like him, but any prospect of immigration reform (which I supported) is now dead. Every Republican will back away from it like a hot potato, terrified of meeting the same fate. And it's not as though the seat is going to go Democratic.
ChairmanAgnostic
(28,017 posts)This ass pissed off so many in his career, immigration played only a small part.
Half-Century Man
(5,279 posts)Lee-Lee
(6,324 posts)Every bit of info I can find says that immigration was the key issue in this race, the one issue that The Brat run heavy on.
If hatred of immigrants can trump a 40:1 spending advantage, that sends a very strong signal.
It was going to be razor thin if it passed at all. Now? No way.
Ikonoklast
(23,973 posts)I wish the Teabaggers had a couple of hundred Louie Gohmerts win primaries, that party would implode before six months were up.
Ruby the Liberal
(26,216 posts)My money says that they will double down against the monster THEY created.
Besides, dude will be a Freshman. The establishment Rs may (if he's lucky) give him a seat on some obscure committee.
Relish the implosion of the GOP, financed by their own big wigs.