All I can say is Brat has been very consistent on his anti-amnesty stance. He’s against for economic reasons - downward pressure on wages, unemployment, utter devastation to entitlements. He has been a lifelong R so I don’t know that he’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
Yes, he could turn out to be a disappointment. But we are already fed up with Cantor. I am not convinced that Brat, even if he turned out to be a disappointment, would be any worse than the RINO we already have.
>> the RINO we already have <<
I am not convinced Cantor is an evil leftist “RINO” (though his position on amnesty clearly sucks). I find it amusing that freepers used to worship both McConnell and Cantor as heroic conservative fighters for years, now you guys insist they’re both awful worthless RINO scum that MUST be defeated THIS election cycle no matter what. The “he’s a horrible RINO” argument would be more convincing if I didn’t see conservative activists fawn over Cantor for YEARS and fantasize about what an awesome U.S. Senator or Vice President he’d make (back when his record was nothing stellar, mind you, and I was telling the Eric Cantor fanboy there were much more impressive Virginia Congressmen Randy Forbes). When he announced he was running for Majority Leader, conservatives rejoiced, nobody said “oh no, we don’t want that guy, he’s a terrible pro-amnesty RINO”. And he had been in the house for a decade at that time (since 2001), I’m pretty sure someone would have noticed if he had a record of doing the Dems bidding by then.
Some flashbacks:
Virginia could still get a VP nod - with Cantor for the GOP
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2069373/posts
Who is Rep. Eric Cantor?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2069789/posts
Pence for Minority Leader/Eric Cantor for Whip (VANITY!)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2125442/posts
Red State: Eric Cantor for Vice President: We need him. He fights.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2069306/posts
BREAKING: Cantor to announce intention to run for House majority leader
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2620557/posts