Cantor was defeated by Democrats voting in Virginia's open primary

[Nay]

15. The Dems DO have a candidate (Trammel), but they nominated him last

Sunday IIRC. It's not like they were expecting to actually have a chance against Cantor, who was the presumptive winner of Tuesday's race. Trammel's war chest, at last look, had about $2,000 -- so the Dems weren't even starting the poor guy out with any money at all.

In the past, they have not given one penny to the Dem who was running against Cantor, not even the last challenger, who polled 40% against Cantor before the race. If the Dem leadership had funded Wayne Powell back then, he would probably have won because there are a lot of ppl who did not like Cantor's personality. Now, the teabaggers have jumped in and gotten their guy as a candidate, and he, being new, may stir their gonads to the point that our Dem has LESS chance of winning against him than Powell had against Cantor. Powell was not a nut, and I felt that there would have been many more country club Republicans who would have voted for him if he had had enough money to get the word out.