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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.

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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: Sybeck1

Yes, Brit Hume is spinning like a top. He is saying that NO Republican and certainly not Cantor is for amnesty, which in the dictionary means “pardon”.

What a load!

The “procedure” for citizenship amounts to a pardon, period.

Laura Ingraham had just got through saying that, as exemplified by the invasion of unaccompanied minors across our borders, no one in DC is talking about the effect on the country of this invasion, and that the people of this district have told her that their lives are not getting better, and there needs to be a change in the faces in DC.


281 posted on 06/10/2014 6:12:01 PM PDT by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: longtermmemmory

Unreal…

” Its not censorship, its the fairness doctrine”

Britt Hume is a tool


282 posted on 06/10/2014 6:12:16 PM PDT by DanielRedfoot (Creepy Ass Cracker)
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To: tennmountainman

Freepers should now BELIEVE in the dreaded purity...because it wins big ;)


283 posted on 06/10/2014 6:12:21 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart (How's that 'lesser evil' workin' out for ya?)
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To: Norm Lenhart

FNC just announced Graham snuck by in the primary.


284 posted on 06/10/2014 6:13:34 PM PDT by TADSLOS (The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
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To: Texas Mulerider

:)


285 posted on 06/10/2014 6:14:15 PM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (This is known as "bad luck". - Robert A. Heinlein)
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To: Blue Highway

“Is it even legal for the GOP to funnel money to a write in candidate?”

Col North was taken down by a R “Independent”. Keep your eye on Rove and the Country Club Rhinos.


286 posted on 06/10/2014 6:14:17 PM PDT by Phosgood (Send in the Clowns...but Wait, they're here!! >..<)
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To: exit82

Amnesty means no prosecution for PAST crimes. What RepublOcrats are pushing is open borders; no prosecution for violating immigration laws in the FUTURE.

Calling it ‘amnesty’ is wildly understating the damage.


287 posted on 06/10/2014 6:15:24 PM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: Norm Lenhart
"Hume is a liberal. Don’t be shocked."

Fox News is full of his type. They are all on the same Washington D.C. cocktail party circuit circle jerk. Bunch of country club elitist puke traitors - the whole lot. I despise them.

288 posted on 06/10/2014 6:15:27 PM PDT by Godebert
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To: TADSLOS

Figures. But it is still a big message. The lesser evil crew helped ensure his keeping his liberalism alive, but we can fight it if we want to bad enough.


289 posted on 06/10/2014 6:15:51 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart (How's that 'lesser evil' workin' out for ya?)
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To: cotton1706
Eric I. Cantor 	28,631 	44.45% 	

David A. Brat 	35,787 	55.55% 	

55%   WAY TO GO!

290 posted on 06/10/2014 6:16:26 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: DanielRedfoot

is amnesty shut down? or will rinos push faster?


291 posted on 06/10/2014 6:16:37 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: exit82

Last night, on someone’s show, Brit said that we need to embrace these illegal kids because they have so much to offer the country. Let him adopt all of them.


292 posted on 06/10/2014 6:17:28 PM PDT by surrey
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To: cotton1706

Yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


293 posted on 06/10/2014 6:17:31 PM PDT by nandrew
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To: jjotto

You are correct and the FOX team did an very good job tonight.


294 posted on 06/10/2014 6:17:49 PM PDT by laplata (Liberals don't get it .... their minds are diseased.)
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To: longtermmemmory

It’s going to be a busy Lame Duck session.


295 posted on 06/10/2014 6:18:14 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: longtermmemmory

i have the same concern, I’m sure most do too...


296 posted on 06/10/2014 6:18:21 PM PDT by DanielRedfoot (Creepy Ass Cracker)
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To: cotton1706

297 posted on 06/10/2014 6:19:21 PM PDT by Trod Upon (Every penny given to film and TV media companies goes right into enemy coffers. Starve them out!)
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To: TADSLOS

Saw that. Sad.


298 posted on 06/10/2014 6:19:51 PM PDT by Eddie01 (Liberals lie about everything all the time.)
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To: lulu16

Yeah , right!
The power of Virginia!!!!!!!


299 posted on 06/10/2014 6:19:53 PM PDT by nandrew
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

FOX did a very good job tonight. None of the pukes you mentioned were even on during the analysis.


300 posted on 06/10/2014 6:21:02 PM PDT by laplata (Liberals don't get it .... their minds are diseased.)
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