Brat is articulating what I and now Jeff Sessions have been advocating, i.e., link jobs and wages to immigration, legal and illegal. He went after the Chamber of Commerce and the corporate class. Brat is really the first one to do that effectively. I am very excited about Dave Brat. He is bright, articulate, and provides the template to defeat the Dems and attract minority voters.
And despite the chattering class views on why Cantor lost, the issue that resonated was amnesty and Cantor's support of his version (Kids Act, which he never provided any details) of Obama's unconstitutional DACA and Cantor's comment a few days before election day that he could work with Obama on certain immigration reform efforts while the flood of unaccompanied children from Central America was streaming across the border. And Cantor also supported Jeff Denham's illegal aliens in the military, the ENLIST Act, at a time when the military is downsizing and forcing tens of thousands from active duty.
Jeff Sessions article, Becoming the Party of Work--How the GOP can help struggling Americans, and itself" should be required reading for any Rep in office or seeking office.
FYI: I should have been more clear on my comment. I was referring to the foreign policy question on Syria, which Brat skillfully avoided.
Ok, yes. I thought with the one exception of the (in essence) “let me think about that” comment it was an excellent interview. I like the guy. Inspires me, as a prof, to run for office-—except Mike Turner is BOTH an entrenched guy and votes the right way almost all the time. He grilled Hagel yesterday. I’m never sure his heart is in it, but as I say here so often, all that matters is the votes, and so far, he’s solid. I wish he were more like Jim Jordan, but their votes count the same.