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CANTOR LOSES
politico.com ^ | 6/10/14 | Jake Sherman

Posted on 06/10/2014 5:14:03 PM PDT by cotton1706

RICHMOND, Va. — Dave Brat, a local economics professor, toppled House Majority Leader Eric Cantor on Tuesday night in the most shocking primary defeat since Republicans took the House in 2010.

The conservative challenger’s victory halts one of the most meteoric rises in national politics, and illustrates the strong anti-incumbent fever that has taken over Cantor’s Richmond-area district. Cantor is the second House incumbent to lose this primary season — Texas GOP incumbent Ralph Hall was defeated by a tea-party backed challenger at the end of May.

Cantor’s defeat not only reorders Virginia politics, where Cantor was the highest-ranking Republican, but it completely throws the House Republican leadership into flux. Cantor, 51, was long seen as the next speaker of the House after John Boehner retires.

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: 113th; 2014gopprimary; 2014midterms; adiospendejo; aliens; brat; byebyerino; cantor; elections; teaparty; teapartyrebellion; uniparty; va2014; win; winning
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To: exit82

Did you hear Brit Hume say oh please when Laura was speaking on live mike?


261 posted on 06/10/2014 6:06:24 PM PDT by Sybeck1 (Vote McDaniel June 24th Mississippi!)
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To: exit82

I hope Joe’s head explodes. :)


262 posted on 06/10/2014 6:06:32 PM PDT by Ditter
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To: Ditter

“Calm down, I wasn’t talking to you. I am glad Cantor lost.”

Sorry, I’m TOO STOKED tonight - this is UNREAL!!!


263 posted on 06/10/2014 6:06:35 PM PDT by BobL
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To: exit82

Joe Biden just tweeted “This is a big fu$%ing deal!” /s
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Now that right there is funny...I don’t care you ya are! :-D


264 posted on 06/10/2014 6:06:42 PM PDT by Artcore
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To: cotton1706

And so glad you got to post it cotton!!!!!


265 posted on 06/10/2014 6:07:13 PM PDT by RIghtwardHo
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To: tomkat

Last night Brat was on Mark Levin and he said that he was behind by 10. The power of Mark Levin!


266 posted on 06/10/2014 6:07:41 PM PDT by lulu16 (May the Good Lord take a liking to you!)
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To: cotton1706

YES! Now S.C., knock Miss Lindsey out.


267 posted on 06/10/2014 6:07:55 PM PDT by Old Yeller (Anything is possible, if you don't know what you're talking about.)
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To: cotton1706

The ass hat Cantor saw his internal polling was tanking. He then goes on an useless illegal immigration campaign to pick up a few extra votes. Instead he lost even more votes from his base. Don’t you idiot RINOs understand that illegal immigrates are your political enemy. They will never vote for you....ever!


268 posted on 06/10/2014 6:08:00 PM PDT by rwoodward ("god, guns and more ammo")
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To: CatherineofAragon

HUME!: no legislation that has been true amnesty.

WHAT!

legally that is 100% BS!!!!!


269 posted on 06/10/2014 6:08:29 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: iontheball
The short article is nothing like the Solan article earlier today, which is posted on Drudge, where Solan was making fun of Drudge’s posts highlighting Cantor’s push on amnesty. Solan also made smart aleck remarks about Cantor being certain to win in the primary. Drudge is obviously celebrating the Cantor and Solan put down.

Oh? And what did SALON have to say?

270 posted on 06/10/2014 6:08:35 PM PDT by PJ-Comix (Boko Haram was enabled by Buku Huma)
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To: cotton1706
Thank You Virginia!!!
271 posted on 06/10/2014 6:08:40 PM PDT by Ray76 (True change requires true change - A Second Party ...or else it's more of the same...)
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To: CatherineofAragon

NOo doubt


272 posted on 06/10/2014 6:08:58 PM PDT by RedMonqey ("Gun-free zones" equal "Target-rich environment.")
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To: longtermmemmory

Hume is having a hissy fit!!!


273 posted on 06/10/2014 6:09:52 PM PDT by RedMonqey ("Gun-free zones" equal "Target-rich environment.")
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To: longtermmemmory

Hume is a liberal. Don’t be shocked.


274 posted on 06/10/2014 6:09:53 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart (How's that 'lesser evil' workin' out for ya?)
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To: umgud

So will he now pass it (amnesty) to spite us?


275 posted on 06/10/2014 6:09:58 PM PDT by stevio (God, guns, guts.)
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To: RIghtwardHo

“And so glad you got to post it cotton!!!!!”

Oh, I have been doing daily searches on this ass for months, to keep apprised of his latest schemes. His defeat is so well deserved!


276 posted on 06/10/2014 6:10:30 PM PDT by cotton1706 (ThisRepublic.net)
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To: Sybeck1
Did you hear Brit Hume say oh please when Laura was speaking on live mike?

I haven't looked at FOX in ages. I only put it on because Levin said they have long faces.

I heard that evil POS Hume say that Cantor was NOT for amnesty.

The evil POS Hume stated that Americans "broadly" are for immigration reform.

Hume is truly an evil POS.

277 posted on 06/10/2014 6:10:54 PM PDT by sand88
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To: Sybeck1

Hume is a beltway toadie. He’s currently giving the FNC blondie a lecture on what the dictionary definition of amnesty is and claiming that none of the immigration reform legislation meets that definition.


278 posted on 06/10/2014 6:11:02 PM PDT by TADSLOS (The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
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To: Norm Lenhart

LOL!
What an upset this was!


279 posted on 06/10/2014 6:11:04 PM PDT by tennmountainman (Just Say No To Cochran And Boss Hogg.)
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To: Paladin2

Ditch Mitch!


280 posted on 06/10/2014 6:11:31 PM PDT by tennmountainman (Just Say No To Cochran And Boss Hogg.)
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