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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: Sarah Barracuda

SC and VA are light years different from each other.


441 posted on 06/10/2014 7:33:10 PM PDT by RKBA Democrat (Be a part of the American freedom migration: freestateproject.org)
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To: RKBA Democrat

Dave Brat on live with Hannity now!


442 posted on 06/10/2014 7:33:29 PM PDT by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: Norm Lenhart

443 posted on 06/10/2014 7:33:56 PM PDT by KC_Lion (Build the America you want to live in at your address, and keep looking up.- Sarah Palin)
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To: JRandomFreeper

Well the open GOP sycophants had to hide until the celebrating died down lest they have to explain their being wrong, so the GOP sent in the concern trolls. Predictable as night following day.

As soon as the GOP lashes out tomorow or the next day, the concern trolls will be gone and the sycophants will be back screaming at us as usual.

Frauds. Every last one of them.


444 posted on 06/10/2014 7:34:50 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart (How's that 'lesser evil' workin' out for ya?)
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To: exit82

Brat is slicing and dicing the UNIPARTY meme.


445 posted on 06/10/2014 7:35:57 PM PDT by TADSLOS (The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
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To: KC_Lion

A Skyrim / Pony twofer...

See, now this is why you haZ teH WinZ ;)


446 posted on 06/10/2014 7:36:07 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart (How's that 'lesser evil' workin' out for ya?)
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To: Norm Lenhart

“Clinton comment self edited ;)”

Ya know, a real cigar aficionado, before lighting a cigar always runs the length of the cigar under his nose while inhaling, to get a sense of the blend, and to be sure it is not underaged, or otherwise not ready for use.

But I think I will skip that step for now.

Power of suggestion and all.....


447 posted on 06/10/2014 7:36:14 PM PDT by Nik Naym (It's not my fault... I have compulsive smartass disorder.)
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To: RKBA Democrat

Not only that, but a primary election in one congressional district is light years different from a state-wide Senate primary.


448 posted on 06/10/2014 7:36:52 PM PDT by kevao (Biblical Jesus: Give your money to the poor. Socialist Jesus: Give your neighbor's money to the poor)
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To: Nik Naym

Glad to be of service! ;)

I had a Partagas (spelling?) 150 once. None since. Can’t afford that and it was too good to spoil the memory.


449 posted on 06/10/2014 7:38:20 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart (How's that 'lesser evil' workin' out for ya?)
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To: martiangohome

Checked out your posting history. It showed another atheist who trolls the Religion forum.


450 posted on 06/10/2014 7:41:05 PM PDT by CatherineofAragon ((Support Christian white males---the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization).)
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To: ducttape45

I really doubt he will try to mount a write-in campaign. He gave a civil concession speech, spoke of his disappointment, but also what’s around the corner. A write-in would be foolish. He will probably end up just not interfering with the Congressional race.


451 posted on 06/10/2014 7:41:52 PM PDT by EDINVA
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To: JHL

The Virginia GOP is busy trying to take out a Senator with one of their own. Doubtful that they will help out Cantor now, too big of a margin.


452 posted on 06/10/2014 7:42:50 PM PDT by ClayinVA ("Those who don't remember history are doomed to repeat it")
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To: Norm Lenhart
lest they have to explain their being wrong

Oh... they still will. I have lots of predictions bookmarked. The internet is forever.

/johnny

453 posted on 06/10/2014 7:45:54 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: JRandomFreeper

I had a couple today still screaming for pragmatism.

Frauds. Nothing but cheshire conservative frauds here to disrupt us and keep us from doing across America what happened tonight.

I absolutely loathe cheshires.


454 posted on 06/10/2014 7:49:11 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart (How's that 'lesser evil' workin' out for ya?)
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To: Norm Lenhart
What is pragmatic is to rid the republican party of liberals. That is much more practical than trying to rid the democrat party of liberals. ;)

/johnny

455 posted on 06/10/2014 7:50:45 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: JRandomFreeper

Great point, JR.


456 posted on 06/10/2014 7:51:59 PM PDT by TADSLOS (The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
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To: JRandomFreeper

But thats the wrong kind of pragmatism! That way we win and they lose. WE have to lose, do you not see?

Of course you don’t you evil absolutist purist! You hate your country. You make baby Obama sad.
;)


457 posted on 06/10/2014 7:53:00 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart (How's that 'lesser evil' workin' out for ya?)
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To: CatherineofAragon

“Did I hear Hume correctly? “Personally I support immigration reform.””

None of these treason lobby vermin are honest enough to call it amnesty.


458 posted on 06/10/2014 7:53:17 PM PDT by Pelham (If you do not deport it is amnesty by default.)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Now here is what is surprising..Cantor gets his behind kicked yet Lindsey Graham wins easily, now THAT is just plain weird. Didn’t think Cantor would lose this badly but I think he put his own nail in his political coffin when he went straight leftist about amnesty for illegals..voters in Virginia sent a message to the GOP, we don’t want amnesty for illegal alien criminals


Republicans can’t afford to lose Virginia in 2016. They now know they can’t take conservatives for granted. If they has any common sense, they will wake up and see they need to make a sharp right turn.


459 posted on 06/10/2014 7:53:24 PM PDT by Linda Frances (Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness.)
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To: cotton1706

Congratulations Dave Brat. Thanks Virginia.


460 posted on 06/10/2014 7:57:27 PM PDT by PGalt
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