06-10-2014, 18:27
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Eric Cantor loses primary in stunning upset
What's that about votes not meaning anything now-a-days?
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Eric Cantor loses primary in stunning upset
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- In a stunning upset, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor lost a primary challenge Tuesday night to tea-party challenger David Brat, according to the Associated Press. Virginia Republican Cantor was accused by Brat, an economics professor, of backing amnesty for illegal immigrants living in the U.S. Brat is a little-known politician while Cantor is the No. 2 Republican in the House and was considered a possible successor to House Speaker John Boehner.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/eri...set-2014-06-10
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From Foxnews:
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House Majority Leader Eric Cantor loses Virginia GOP primary, AP reports
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor has been defeated by a tea party-backed challenger in the Republican primary.
Economics professor Dave Brat won a stunning upset victory against Cantor on Tuesday in the 7th District Republican primary contest, which is in the Richmond area.
Cantor is the second-most powerful member of the U.S. House and was seen by some as a possible successor to the House speaker.
His loss to a political novice with little money marks a huge victory for the tea party movement, which supported Cantor just a few years ago.
Brat had been a thorn in Cantor's side on the campaign, casting the congressman as a Washington insider who isn't conservative enough. Last month, a feisty crowd of Brat supporters booed Cantor in front of his family at a local party convention.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014...ry-ap-reports/
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06-10-2014, 18:50
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Hope this will mean an improvement in some way. Wish I could be optimistic. A culture like we have in DC doesn't change with a Primary. Just saying ...
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06-10-2014, 18:55
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Maybe there is hope.
Could he arrange to take Boehner, Ryan, and the rest of the RINOs with him?
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06-10-2014, 19:22
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Personally, all these tools are cast from the same die. (R) or (D)
Of late the Dims have relied upon the Republicans to "eat their own" We'll see where this goes.
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06-10-2014, 19:50
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The supposed Democratic Party strategy this year is to save their money for 2016. Any gains the Republican party make this election will be offset by the expected POTUS' lame duck disaster of the next two years. The nation will be at the lowest it will have ever been and the Democrats will point to the Republican majority in Congress, try to take the next Administration and both the House & Senate.
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06-10-2014, 19:54
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Lets see if Cantor is a big enough dick to run as a write in, just to screw the man that beat him. I wouldn't put it past him.
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06-10-2014, 22:15
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Originally Posted by Broadsword2004
"RINO" though is a relative term. IMO, I think the problem the GOP faces is we either have to choose between the boring, establishment GOP politicians who can't explain or defend conservatism at all, and then the politicians who are perceived as being very far-right-wing, to the point that they scare many of the moderates and independents. A John McCain, a Bob Dole, etc...can't win. But I highly doubt a Ted Cruz or a Rand Paul could ever win the presidency either.
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Why do we listen to or care what the members of the former profession once known as journalism spew let alone allow these opposition hacks to define us?
FUCK 'EM!
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06-11-2014, 04:12
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Lets see if Cantor is a big enough dick to run as a write in, just to screw the man that beat him. I wouldn't put it past him. |
Virginia has a "sore loser" law that prevents him from running as an independent candidate
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06-11-2014, 04:39
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Originally Posted by The Reaper
Maybe there is hope.
Could he arrange to take Boehner, Ryan, and the rest of the RINOs with him?
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With all the bad press tea parties were getting I think this is an indicater of the public getting sick of the status quo. Of course Obama publically telling Americans they should be ashamed of themselves this is the last straw he need an impeachment for breaking faith with the citizens.
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06-11-2014, 06:45
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Originally Posted by Broadsword2004
I'm not referring to journalists and agree with your opinion of them. But we need candidates who can win the POTUS, who can explain and defend conservatism, but who do not come across as far-right.
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How far left do you think the candidate should be in order for them to not be viewed as far-right?
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06-11-2014, 07:09
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Originally Posted by WarriorDiplomat
With all the bad press tea parties were getting I think this is an indicater of the public getting sick of the status quo. Of course Obama publically telling Americans they should be ashamed of themselves this is the last straw he needs an impeachment for breaking faith with the citizens.
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Well said, captured my sentiments exactly! I think it is the current administrations arrogance and what you said in orange that represent the straw that broke the camels back, also that left is seeing that too and is why goobs like Frankeinstine are bucking now.
The other component...Which is why 0 won in the first and second place is voter turn out. Recent events in Colorado show a motivated citizenry will go to the polls in larger numbers...and it doesn't take that many.
Looks like that happened in Va too.
Here are two looks at voter turn out, Presidential and mid term * :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter_t...tial_elections
http://www.fairvote.org/research-and...voter-turnout/
I am always a little discussed looking at those numbers but the answer to any election is get your voters out...
* Regardless of source, voting numbers are typically low IMO
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06-11-2014, 07:47
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If this were the case, Cantor must've received a defective model...or perhaps they are all that way.
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06-11-2014, 12:53
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"I want what I want when I want it."
Cantor's Senior High School yearbook quote.
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06-11-2014, 13:17
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MS Runoff
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Originally Posted by WarriorDiplomat
With all the bad press tea parties were getting I think this is an indicater of the public getting sick of the status quo.
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It seems that the voters in MS feel the same.
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By forcing a runoff with Senator Thad Cochran, Chris McDaniel breathed new life into a Tea Party movement that had mostly been contained this year by the efforts of business-aligned entities allied with national Republican leaders.
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06-12-2014, 05:56
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