thoughts on cantor losing to tea party

[sawdust]

Just curious

[chelsea0011]

1. What is conservative enough for teabaggers?

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

2. Will he'll run as an Independent?

I don't know the rules in Virginia.

[lostincalifornia]

6. If he does the odds improve for the Democrats

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

13. It sure will.

Cantor can be the republican Joe Lieberman.

I think Cantor would do it out of spite.

Then again, maybe he could win in the general election.

[lostincalifornia]

21. Probably in that district

[sufrommich]

17. Maddow just said Virginia has a law that primary

losers can't be on the ballot as an independent.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

19. I heard that.

Was going to correct my post.

Write-in a possibility, but unlikely she says.

[former9thward]

22. No.

If you run in a primary and lose you can't run in the general as an indie or third party. The so-called 'sore loser' rule that most states have.

[notadmblnd]

29. Racheal Maddow says that VAs sore loser law prevents him from being on the ballot

nt

[davekriss]

43. Sore loser law

I thought I heard on Rachel that Virginia has a "sore loser law" that prevents an incumbent from running in the next general election if they lose their primary. So Cantor can't run at all in 2014. (Surely instead he'll have to accept the consolation prize of getting paid a million a year as a lobbyist. Poor guy.)

On edit: oops. I see several already said as much. It's early here and I haven't had my Mountain Dew yet. :/

[onecaliberal]

3. What? Did he?

OMG, I'm so happy!!!!

[kelliekat44]

4. The Dems should field a candidate in November. Anything can happen in the universe. nt

[Corey_Baker08]

5. Any Chance A Democrat Can Pick Up This Seat?

[Loudly]

16. No. The district is redder than a baboon's ass. n/t

[Lee-Lee]

7. Any chance of immigration reform is gone

That was the big issue in this race. That is quite a message to any Republican, and many Democrats in moderate districts.

It will never see a vote- probably not even in the Senate now.

[savalez]

23. Well, a message from a redder than red district.

Not sure it relates everywhere.

[Lee-Lee]

25. It relates enough places to kill the prospects

Immigration reform was going to be done on a razor thin margian anyway, if it happened.

Now? No way.

I bet Kay Hagan is already changing her website right now. It is going to be a tight race here in NC and she will see that writing on the wall.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

32. It will be a tight race. But Tillis did defeat Dr. Teabagger.

Hard to believe suburban Richmond out-crazied North Carolina.

[sufrommich]

8. I wonder what voter turnout was?

If it was low enough,this Brat dude may be too conservative to win a general? I really don't know much about his district.

[notadmblnd]

33. I thought I heard Chuck Todd tell Rahceal Maddow that turnout was low

I've also read that many conservatives consider Brat a liberal.

[Strelnikov_]

9. "If the enemy is destroying themselves, don't get in the way"

Primary tea baggin' last cycle is the only reason the Dems maintained a majority in the Senate.

Keep on baggin! The crazier the better!

[lostincalifornia]

10. It will be nice not seeing his mug anymore

[savalez]

24. Exactly.

Got sick of seeing him in the background whenever congress voted on their go-nowhere bills.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

27. Get used to this *family values* mug...

[lostincalifornia]

36. Cantors replacement will not be the majority leader, therefore less coverage

[WorseBeforeBetter]

40. Oh, he'll be trotted out before the cameras...

Teabagger Golden Boy who defeated Cantor. Well, Golden Boy by Republican standards...

[sufrommich]

39. He started his victory speech by quoting

the Bible as if he were chosen by God.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

41. Ugh. He invoked God here, as well..

“I don’t run against Eric on a personal basis,” Brat said. “I like Eric as a human being, I’m commanded by God to do that and I do that. He’s been strong on national defense, and where he’s good he’s good.”

http://cached.newslookup.com/cached.php?ref_id=387&siteid=2044&id=6047912&t=1399760940

[TwilightGardener]

11. Going from typical scheming Repub asshole to eat-your-own-face crazy.

Not really a whoop-and-holler moment for Dems.

[VanillaRhapsody]

12. Exactly.....they are imploding....eating their own....their electorate is apathetic...except for the

radicals....who are even more rascally radicals....they are so incensed they have caused some to go off the deep end and shoot up some cops....that won't score any points with the less radical members of the party.....they don't feel comfortable standing next to actual cop killers....now those guys are starting to remind them of Timothy McVeigh. They don't like getting that kind of stink on them.....

[Kahuna]

14. Yippeee!

[gwheezie]

15. Richmond burbs to close in rural white

The district is solid GOP and spread out to limit minority votes but more folks from the city moving to the district. It's risky for dems if some of us voted for brat to take cantor out, there is also a libertarian running on there ticket. However there was some rumbling a few days ago dems were thinking cantor could lose if enough people voted for brat in the open primary, hint hint

[Lee-Lee]

18. If this is the case and Democrats crossed over to do this

Then they just killed immigration reform, because that was the big issue in the race (based on what I read, did you see different there?) and every republican and lots of Democrats in conservative districts will see the message that immigration reform is a hot potato not to touch.

[gwheezie]

30. Dems have given up on good people before

They better start raising money now

[standingtall]

20. My First Thought Is

Fuck Eric Cantor! Don't feel sorry for him one bit. My second thought is the guy that beat him must be more of a teabagger so fuck him too.

[savalez]

31. Oh he's a fuck head alright.

He'll be a bigger D-Bag than Cantor if he wins. Maybe now there's a chance he won't. Some say slim. Not my district so I don't know. But Cantor losing is definitely good news today.

[GoCubsGo]

34. Even if he does win...

...he won't get Cantor's House leadership position. It will still go to some other fuckhead, but that's a given, considering that's all there are in that party. But, we won't have to put up with Bitch Face any longer.

[savalez]

37. Bingo.

we won't have to put up with Bitch Face any longer

[PumpkinAle]

35. ^^ Exactly^^

Though how the hell can Cantor lose to a bagger?

[kelly1mm]

38. Cantor was the Repub 'pointman' on immigration reform, which, by the way,

is now DEAD in congress till at least after the midterms.

[savalez]

26. He's probably throwing a fit or

maybe even crying at this very moment.

Is it wrong that I am smiling right now?

I love watching Obama outlast those clowns.

[butterfly77]

28. Next up..

Paul Ryan,Louie Gohmert,Steve King,Virginia Fox,Jeb Henserling,etc...

[MohRokTah]

42. It's a very dark day when the people who brought you Jared Miller defeats one of the main guys...

in the GOP.

It's the Hatriots going main stream.