Joe Scum is trying hard to avoid that bloodbath to come but this will be fun to watch

but after they are finished with each other, all free thinking people, no matter the ethnicity, race or religious preference, NOT interested in their form of government would be next to 'fall under their knives'. Not a pleasant thought of history repeating itself.

I don't know if Brat can win in a general election - and I don't know if it was STRICTLY Republicans who said "Anybody But Cantor" - but I like that Cantor took a 'thumpin!

it was a 'low primary turnout', when everybody else this morning has been saying there was actually a far higher turnout than expected.

Keep on hacking, Mr Todd...

it seems that under 100,000 people voted.

I wonder what this will mean for gop turn-out in the general? It would seem that they got a significant portion of the rabidly insane ... er ... teaparty vote; but the question is how many moderately sane ... er ... non-teatparty republicans and/or independents will come out to vote for this teaparty candidate?

I'm hoping not many.

Get Out The Democratic Vote in 2014!

Why did NPR sightward spinner LM, say turn-out was "notably light"?

Oh, never mind ...

They just skip over them because it's a much tidier story if they ignore them.

WaPo and similar entities are looking for a single reason Cantor lost. Because that lets them build a one-sentence narrative instead of having to figure out what really happened.

Why'd Cantor lose? A combination of teabagger paranoia, Cantor failing to bring home the pork, "establishment" Republicans assuming it's in the bag and staying home, and Democratic cross-over voters.

But that won't fit in a tweet, so the media can't possibly use that. So time to oversimplify down to "It's all about immigration!!!!". Nevermind that immigration reform polls at about 60% favorable in Cantor's district....

It means something different to everyone that is asked about it so you don't really know what people are thinking whatever the percentages might be. In those poll questions you will notice they never get specific about what they mean. Democrats are split on specific parts of "Immigration Reform" as are Republicans.

Historically attempts at crossover voting have never worked. I don't think it happened to any extent this time -- never mind the fact there was no organized attempt to encourage crossover voting. The Democrats had totally ignored this race.

Only 45,000 voted in the 7th in 2012 and that had a Presidential primary on the ballot

I would have preferred to see Obama's.
They have sabotaged him from the beginning.
Tick them off from that list.
Another one bites the dust.

The ReTHUG party is tearing itself apart and I'm lovin' it.

I hope he never does find another job this side of China!

It will move repubs to the right and thus dems. They all seem to fear the tea party. Repubs wanting to get elected dems wanting to compromise.

That's what has been going on since the tea party started. I don't see why this would be different.

I wish I could be happy about cantor's loss.

democrats sent Cantor packing (Virginia has open primaries).

I've been trying to find out what this might mean in November - thank you for this information.

(I hope it means one more Dem in the house.) Not that it means a lot except that is is better than one less.

I also understand he works at Randolph Macon, as does Brat

Interesting semester coming up at RMC

Wash Post ... mainstream media loves the tea party nonsense

The crossover folks so far have given nothing.

Even among Republicans, money can't buy you love.

but remember they are all ReTHUGs. There is one party at war with itself.

they all voted in droves in the primary (against Cantor) to get him the hell out. They won't be voting for the teabaggerati in November. Virginia has open primaries by law. We'll see if repugs try to change the law after this.

It's nice to see dems finally get hard-core and fight. You have to against repugs because they will lie, cheat and steal to get what they want.

You can bet that the legislature tries to change state election law.

what had happened. Only 12 states have completely closed primaries.

I could not have even caucused in 2008 because of it... oh and fuck caucusing for that matter. Whole other issue...

in the primary and then switched back. So many local positions have no Dem opposition in the general elections.

this kind of payback is DELISH!!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/25/robert-draper-anti-obama-campaign_n_1452899.html

I lived in Wash DC for 15 years before moving to Texas. It is amazing how things work in that town.

Cantor and his future. It just collapsed.

I find it downright creepy that there could be someone even worse than Cantor.

and that they exist isn't as frightening as the fact that anyone would support them.
May they self destruct before they cause further destruction to the country...

pretending that the Democrats don't have their own civil war?

While I get a visceral tug of pleasure from Cantor's defeat, I don't know that it's necessarily good news in the bigger picture. Giving the tea party a bigger voice helps...how?

The House Majority Leader just lost. That is one big voice silenced. That is war for who gets the position.
Brat is a nonentity. They are alll ReTHUGs.

WON'T be a Republican? And, having paid attention to this loss, WON'T be even more aligned with the tea party?

Their civil war is between their right wing and their extreme right wing. It plays out with their right wing continually making overtures and concessions to the extreme right wing.

Our civil war is between our center right wing, and everyone to the left of center. It plays out with our center right wing continually making overturnes and concessions to.......the Republican party.

Big difference.

I think it's our "center right" wing that would cheer the Republican civil war, which can drive more republicans into their own center-right sphere, making the Democratic Party more and more Republican-like.

I didn't think about that. Ugh. Thanks for bumming me out so early on in the day.

There is no Tea Party Party - they are all ReTHUGs

Even sweeter that the know nothings are convinced they did this all by themselves...

The two happiest people in D.C. last night:
1--John Boehner
2--Barack Obama

Also, me here.

Cantor was a smug, smarmy, wretched individual. Now he can go make money at Fox.

BTW, welcome to DU!

He truly belongs on the ash heap of history!

immigration bill. Me thinks he lost because he turned down federal aid for that HUGE tornado storm in his district saying it had to be a "pay for" aid.
Damn all night coverage on his lost? What will the media coverage look like when Maconnell lose?
Will it be Armageddon?

that no doubt will be sponsored by those that owe him all those political pay back debts. The position/s he took against the working class and the poor and his anti AFC, won him eternal support from the Repukes. Cantor will still find a way to screw the working families and the poor,thats his way, so we haven't seen the last of this a-hole.

I despise that smarmy POS, and everything that he stood for. He will be a new lobbyist, of that I have no doubt. What's funny is that the Koch brothers blew a wad of money on Eric the Dead. What is not funny is teabillyism.

I hope the radicals totally take over the stinking husk that's left of the republican party.

Let them put their hateful, un-american views and perverted heretic dominionist religion on display so no spin from Fox "news" will be able to stop the average citizen from realizing the complete horror of the teatalibans fever dreams/nightmare plans for America!

I eagerly await the total collapse and death of the damned republican party!

being an insufferable prick. A very unlikable character. Now he can make real money as a lobbyist and not have to worry about elections.

That's in the top 10 best one liners I've seen about this so far.

but rather between the rightwing fascist extremists and the lunatic foaming-at-the-mouth extreme extreme extreme right wing.

maintain/enhance Senate majority, and garner governorships.

with a man who hasn't and isn't likely to.

Most people are ignoring the real cause of Cantor's defeat: he refused to allow Federal disaster funds after his district was the epicenter of an earthquake strong enough to do a lot of damage.

I honestly thought he'd win, although I thought it would be very close.

going to fall for their bigoted views. The majority of people want immigration reform, legalized pot and gun control. If the 30 million man march is an example of teabaggery then the GOP is frigging done.

It's just too delicious not to enjoy!