They made this bed. Now they get to sleep in it. They used Cantor to be the front man thinking he was invulnerable. Cantor before he rose in the ranks was a reliable strong conservative fighter. Its amazing how power corrupts. I didn’t expect Cantor to lose but this is a very healthy moment for the GOP. The left is going to be apoplectic with their rhetoric. They don’t even see how their chronic accusations of racism and bigotry are sounding increasingly tiny against the backdrop of people without jobs, people who don’t believe the American Dream is possible. They are setting the stage for their certain demise. Tonight was a an excellent indicator that not even money can stop you and the talk about how Cantor didn’t understand the threat and was taken aback. Hell the guy spent over a million dollars against a candidate with 200k.
I personally think that Cantor believed he was going to win. I did. I suspect that his call for call on Obama for an immigration compromise was to be a launching point post primary win to say “look I won on immigration compromise”. it may have been just stupidity also but this dominated the headlines leading up to today and I believe it led to his political demise.
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/Eric-Cantor-Obama-immigration-amnesty/2014/06/09/id/575853/
Brat, who teaches at Randolph-Macon College near Richmond, Virginia, has slammed Cantor’s immigration reform stance during the campaign.
“Eric Cantor is saying we should bring more folks into the country, increase the labor supply — and by doing so, lower wage rates for the working person,” Brat said, according to Reuters. “His policies make no sense.”
Hell the guy spent over a million dollars against a candidate with 200k.
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Actually, Cantor spent over 5 million with Brat under $200,000. Money didn’t vote and David toppled Goliath.
“I suspect that his call for call on Obama for an immigration compromise was to be a launching point post primary win to say “look I won on immigration compromise”
(hi again) I don’t anyone will be playing from Cantor’s amnesty playbook after tonight. Maybe not even dems/