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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSo will David Brat be the next Christine O'Donnell?
Where his out of touch Tea Party ideology that propelled in the primary will be his downfall in the general?
Or will he be the next Louie Gohmert or Steve Stockman, whose district eats up their Tea Party bullshit like candy?
What are the demographics of Cantor's soon to be former district? What areas does it cover geographic?
anokaflash
(53 posts)Demo:
74.3% White, 17.1% Black, 3.9% Asian, 4.9% Hispanic, 0.3% Native American, 2.1% other
Cook rates it a +10 R
2012:
Cantor 58% - 41%
Romney 57% - 42%
2010
Cantor 59% - 34%
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia%27s_7th_congressional_district
Johonny
(20,818 posts)Is Cantor's political structure in that district really going to support this guy? Are they really going to work hard against him? Or are they going to unleash the dogs on him.
If they support him then they open the door to more of "their" people losing to batshit losers. The smart thing politically is for the Republican party to burst this guys balloon. I can't imagine this guy is going to be hard to burst.
Brat has stated he isnt a Randian, but he has been influenced by Atlas Shrugged and appreciates Ayn Rands case for human freedom and free markets.[
The guy is nuts, an amateur, and prime for getting swift boated by the RW machine if they dare do it...
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)leftyohiolib
(5,917 posts)octoberlib
(14,971 posts)Eric Cantors Opponent Beat Him By Calling Out GOP Corruption
All of the investment banks, up in New York and D.C., they should have gone to jail.
That isnt a quote from an Occupy Wall Street protester or Senator Elizabeth Warren. Thats a common campaign slogan repeated by Dave Brat, the Virginia college professor who scored one of the biggest political upsets in over a century by defeating Majority Leader Eric Cantor in the Republican primary last night.
The national media is buzzing about Brats victory, but for all of the wrong reasons.
Did the Tea Party swoop in and help Brat, as many in the Democratic Party are suggesting? Actually, the Wall Street Journal reports no major Tea Party or anti-establishment GOP group spent funds to defeat Cantor. Did Cantor, the only Jewish Republican in Congress, lose because of his religion, as some have suggested? Theres no evidence so far of anti-Semitism during the campaign. Was Cantor caught flatfooted? Nope; Cantors campaign spent close to $1 million on the race and several outside advocacy groups, including the National Rifle Association, the National Realtors Association and the American Chemistry Council (a chemical industry lobbying association) came in and poured money into the district to defeat Brat. The New York Times claims that Brat focused his campaign primarily on immigration reform. Brat certainly made immigration a visible topic in his race, but Republic Report listened to several hours of Brat stump speeches and radio appearances, and that issue came up far less what Brat called the main problem in government: corruption and cronyism.
- See more at: http://www.republicreport.org/2014/dave-brat-cantor/#sthash.FsCa5r9f.dpuf
W_HAMILTON
(7,835 posts)I'm you.