Eric Cantor Defeated by a Conservative Who Rips Crony Capitalism--John Nichols

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1. Eric Cantor Defeated by Constituents Who Hated Him Enough

To Replace Him With ANYONE.

I think Rachel Maddow (here and here) and The Federalist (via Raw Story -- below) are only ones who connected on the first swing of their bats:

Because he didn’t have to worry too much about getting re-elected every two years, (Cantor's) political ambition was channeled into rising through the hierarchy of the House leadership. Rise he did, all the way up to the #2 spot, and he was waiting in the wings to become Speaker of the House. The result was that Cantor’s real constituency wasn’t the folks back home. His constituency was the Republican leadership and the Republican establishment. That’s who he really answered to.

Brat could have won on ANY campaign platform: he already had an audience more receptive to needing a "legitimate" reason for getting rid of Cantor than anybody thought.


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