Eric Cantor in MAJOR trouble (Franken, vote, Congress, democrat)
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Lord I hope this happens. He's another crony and has to go. We need less establishment, self serving clowns. Of course the Liberals and media and GOP establishment wont be happy. They love crony capitalists
I love how Republicans thought the Tea Party was so cute back in 2008.
But of course, they were only menacing Obama back then.
Now they're menacing their own.
There is a difference between us Conservatives and you . You have little conviction, morals, character. Many of us are sick and tired of cronyism, phonies, self serving jerks. You will take any establishment type.
LOL, looks like cantor might lose to someone with 1/5th the spending as well. Any ideas on how the election will go with this guy? is he a nutjob, or a serious contender?
Doesn't matter - it's an R+10 district. Barring a major third-party spoiler (see below), the new Republican wins easily.
The only issue now is whether or not Cantor channels Lisa Murkowski and runs as a write-in (it's too late for him to get on the ballot as an independent).
Does he? Probably not. But maybe. He doesn't have a lot of choices. The next major Virginia office won't be up for election for another three years (Governor), so he doesn't have many options to continue his political career elsewhere.
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Originally Posted by HeyJude514
Wow, indeed. You seem to have your finger on the pulse of these things. Was this unexpected?
Not hugely - there's reasons Cantor ran really hard and really negative, and those reasons are probably internal polls by the Cantor campaign showing that he was in trouble. Cantor's electoral behavior has gotten some notice recently. This morning I read a primary preview (can't remember where - maybe the Great Orange Satan) that noted that Cantor seemed particularly alarmed, thus deducing he might be in trouble.
Even Cantor isn't batcrap nutty enough for Republicans anymore?
I guess not. Victory for the tea party, loss for America...
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Wow oh wow! Eric Cantor just lost to David Brat in Virginia!
