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[The Librarian]

Rubbing salt int he wound: https://twitter.com/costareports/status/476525976806256641

 

[sprsk]

Dunno why people are focusing on an irrelevant house race and ignoring real stories like the VA scandal and Berghdal.

Thank you based phoenixdark.

 

[Aaron Strife]

Cantor's internal polling had him winning by 34 points.

Guys I didn't want to say anything but I think the polls might be s

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crutinized heavily for this gross inaccuracy

 

[DarkFlow]

Anyone think Cantor will run for anything else, like a Senate seat or the House again in 2 years or would he just be damaged goods now never able to win again.

 

[Aaron Strife]

I feel like there should be a title change to reflect this. Like Eric Cantor Can't Win

 

[WayneMorse]

Anyone think Cantor will run for anything else, like a Senate seat or the House again in 2 years or would he just be damaged goods now never able to win again.

His political career is over.

 

[Tamanon]

Anyone think Cantor will run for anything else, like a Senate seat or the House again in 2 years or would he just be damaged goods now never able to win again.

I don't see it. MAYBE a small Presidential run, but nothing of note. He's going to disappear into the money-making machine.

 

[PhoenixDark]

Cantor's internal polling had him winning by 34 points.

Guys I didn't want to say anything but I think the polls might be s

Spoiler

crutinized heavily for this gross inaccuracy

The funny thing is that these consultants will no doubt have a nice contract again in 2016.

 

[smokeandmirrors]

Cantor's internal polling had him winning by 34 points.

fuckin lol 34 points?!

so what does this mean? tea party runs the loony bin until 2016 and hopefully people will see how grossly incompetent and bad for the country they are

 

[speculawyer]

There will be no Democrat on the ballot in November, no one filed for it.

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50 state strategy!

 

[DarkFlow]

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50 state strategy!

Nah there's one, he's a few posts after that. He's still going to lose.

 

[NYCmetsfan]

How does the GOP think they will ever attract Hispanics again?

 

[Tamanon]

Oh man, I am ready for the Republican media establishment to completely turn on Cantor now that he's worm food. I expect him to be buried under the label of "RINO".

 

[WayneMorse]

Now begins the battle to be the next majority leader.

 

[NYCmetsfan]

Now begins the battle to be the next majority leader.

Mccarthy

 

[Shosai]

I feel like there should be a title change to reflect this. Like Eric Cantor Can't Win

Eric Recanted

 

[slit]

Cantor is overthrown by the same racism and fear he helped cultivate.

Priceless.

 

[smokeandmirrors]

Now begins the battle to be the next majority leader.

We should put all eligible candidates for majority leader into some kind of colosseum type thing and have them battle it out

 

[WayneMorse]

Mccarthy

I would've said that before Cantor's defeat but now you never know.

 

[speculawyer]

How does the GOP think they will ever attract Hispanics again?

His name is Cruz . . . . CRUZ . . . don't you get it? All the Latinos will vote for him because his name is Cruz. Just like all the women voted for Palin!

 

[WayneMorse]

His name is Cruz . . . . CRUZ . . . don't you get it? All the Latinos will vote for him because his name is Cruz. Just like all the women voted for Palin!

No you just don't understand, most Americans are secretly true believer psudeo-libertarian conservatives who are just waiting for that true conservative like Ted Cruz to come along!

 

[PhoenixDark]

BTW this sure throws a wrench in the Jeb Bush/Chris Christie/Paul Ryan 2016 aspirations.

 

[AntoneM]

Mccarthy

McCarthy was a RINO otherwise he would have defeated Communism back in the 50's.

 

[Armoured Priest]

So...bad news for Eric Cantor?

 

[Joe Molotov]

So...bad news for Eric Cantor?

Could be good news, depending on how you look at it. He's escaped the monkey house!

 

[Wilsongt]

As much as I hate him, thank God Graham won out over the crazies.

 

[thepotatoman]

I would have never thought that Cantor could be flanked on the right. Just 4 years ago I would have called him one of the furthest right.

This is the guy that teamed up with Paul Ryan under the "Young Gun" name to force Republicans to take a tougher stand on budget issues, promoting cuts that Republicans would have never been brave enough to propose before, and forcing tougher and tougher negotiations stratagies leading to the partisan environment we're in today.

Remember that before Ted Cruz shut down the government, it was actually Cantor that was the lead name behind the number of debt ceiling crisis, forcing Boehner to never ever take a tax raise compromise when Boehner acted interested.

But I guess being anti-shutdown as a strategy, and pro-immigration reform is all it took for his party to revolt. Just insane. Sure, it is a bit of a low turnout fluke, but there would be 0% chance of this happening if the fundamentals weren't close.

 

[DarkFlow]

http://www.politico.com/story/2014/...m-dave-brat-2014-virginia-primary-107692.html

Conservative radio host Laura Ingraham said House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s loss Tuesday is a historic rejection of the GOP establishment on immigration.
“This race in the end goes down as one of the most significant repudiations of establishment immigration reform that I’ve certainly — I’ve seen in my 20 years of doing politics,” Ingraham said Tuesday on Fox News’ “The Kelly File.”

And I don’t think the split in the Republican party is going to be made up with new Latino voters or new black voters or new Asian voters. In fact, I think somebody who runs on immigration reform or amnesty or whatever you want to call it in 2016 would probably do worse than Mitt Romney did in 2012,” Ingraham said. “I know a lot of people disagree with me but that’s my view.”

 

[Tamanon]

Eric Cantor always was known as the big supporter of immigration reform!

Also, everyone ignore Lindsay Graham's victory.

 

[NYCmetsfan]

BTW this sure throws a wrench in the Jeb Bush/Chris Christie/Paul Ryan 2016 aspirations.

Lol rubio lol

 

[KingK]

Dems are going to get a financial boost from this. Wall St. has to see the GOP as completely insane at this point.

Not sure if the Dems getting more Wall St. money is really a good thing for policy...

 

[hoos30]

pourmecoffee tweet: Rains of Castamere now playing at Eric Cantor campaign HQ.

 

[WayneMorse]

@costareports: LIGHTS ARE ON ALL OVER CAP, leadership aides/members in the building, chaos in the marble halls....

Dis gon b good

 

[B-Dubs]

Dis gon b good

Oh man, not only do I get to see Portugal crush Ireland live but Cantor lost and the house GOP is in panic mode? This is a good day.

 

[Avon Barksdale]

Dis gon b good

 

[NYCmetsfan]

"@costareports: I'm on phone now w/ Peter King of NY, who says he wonders if the party is crumbling on the whole"

 

[smokeandmirrors]

I know it's unlikely but if this is what finally does the republican party in...

 

[B-Dubs]

"@costareports: I'm on phone now w/ Peter King of NY, who says he wonders if the party is crumbling on the whole"

 

[Amir0x]

Tea party revolt, Republican party literally coming apart at the seams. What Republican is going to dare speak up for immigration reform if they can get flanked on the even FURTHER RIGHT than Cantor?

This is insanity. America is so fucked

 

[RustyNails]

Lol Cantor splurged $5.1 million on the race, and Brat spent like $200k.

America is so fucked

Absolutely nothing has changed. America is just as fucked after Brat takes office as it is at the very moment.

 

[B-Dubs]

Lol Cantor splurged $5.1 million on the race, and Brat spent like $200k.

The more I read about this the more I want to turn on FOX and see if they've got any salty tears. I need some salty tears.

 

[Wilsongt]

The more I read about this the more I want to turn on FOX and see if they've got any salty tears. I need some salty tears.

Nope. The far right is praising this as "getting rid of the establishment" and saying that he lost because of immigration and to close our borders now.

We're fucked.

 

[B-Dubs]

Nope. The far right is praising this as "getting rid of the establishment" and saying that he lost because of immigration and to close our borders now.

We're fucked.

No salty tears? Oh shit, we are fucked.

 

[Amir0x]

Lol Cantor splurged $5.1 million on the race, and Brat spent like $200k.

Absolutely nothing has changed. America is just as fucked after Brat takes office as it is at the very moment.

America was fucked before, but it is demonstrably more fucked now. Now, the Republican party has just been inadvertently pulled even further to the extreme right - no sane Republican will speak up for even the most middle ground of issues, for fear of being flanked on the even further extreme right.

We lost Cantor, but we just woke up a fucking mess. Unless we completely figure out a way to stop the tea party from doing this shit again, gridlock in Washington is now going to be a permanent fixture for the next decade.

 

[WayneMorse]

More from Costa (I know this one is a statement but damn does this guy have good connections in DC):

Boehner stmt: "“Eric Cantor and I have been through a lot together... My thoughts are with him and Diana and their kids tonight.”

 

[zero shift]

 

[smokeandmirrors]

I just got my copy from amazon so i'm excited to read it.

 

[Aaron Strife]

More from Costa (I know this one is a statement but damn does this guy have good connections in DC):

"My thoughts are with him?" Isn't that something you tell someone when their relative dies? Not when they lose an election? What a privileged fucking asshole.

 

[RustyNails]

no sane Republican will speak up for even the most middle ground of issues, for fear of being flanked on the even further extreme right

There are no sane republicans...hence my point. This has already been the least productive congress in history. You can't go any lower.

Only difference that matters is democrats re-taking the house.

"My thoughts are with him?" Isn't that something you tell someone when their relative dies? Not when they lose an election? What a privileged fucking asshole.

It's code language for "Fuck you dave brat you punk"

 

[Amir0x]

There are no sane republicans...hence my point. This has already been the least productive congress in history. You can't go any lower.

Only difference that matters is democrats re-taking the house.

Some Republicans had signaled they were willing to do Immigration reform, including Cantor.

Now there will be zero.

We've taken a step back, and we can define those steps back numerically. As I said, demonstrably so. I don't like Cantor and I'm glad he's gone in one sense, but now looking ahead... one wouldn't imagine things could get more gridlocked, but now they somehow will.