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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe MSM, and MSNBC in particular, is crapping all over itself
on the Cantor defeat. A stunning Tea Party victory, the absolute death of immigration reform, blah, blah, blah
Nowhere...not once
have I heard it mentioned that this was an open primary.
Stunning. They are beyond worthless.
Warpy
(110,912 posts)that his district wanted and deserved but which he blocked.
This is no stunning teabagger victory. Too many people were pissed off at Cantor.
radiclib
(1,811 posts)Cantor was polling up by 36%. Think they polled any Democrats?
Warpy
(110,912 posts)He'd already proven himself a traitor to his district. Brat is an unknown to many of them.
They'll get to know him a lot better by November, I hope.
Leme
(1,092 posts)gordianot
(15,226 posts)Makes you wonder what will happen next as the maggots crawl out of the manure pile.
rocktivity
(44,555 posts)along with low turnout. Was stuck watching CNN this morning -- they mentioned it in passing. They're just playing the percentages -- selling the story as a teabagger victory means ad revenues from them.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5083629
rocktivity
BillZBubb
(10,650 posts)Cantor's district is almost 80% repub. His polling numbers showed him with a huge lead. And a no-name professor beat him.
This was a stunning loss for Cantor and the winner was the tp-er. It was a stunning tp victory, no matter how it was achieved.