Eric Cantor is OUT in the Virginia GOP Primary. He lost to an almost unknown Tea Party college Professor named David Brat who teaches Ayn Rand's philosphy at Randolph-Macon University. This is the first time since 1899 that a Majority Leader in the House has been overturned in a Primary. The Democrats in that district just nominated Jack Trammell as their candidate, and weirdly enough he teaches at the same university! What a crazy race this will be to watch!
There is clear Shock and Awe amongst the punditry. They did NOT see this coming and have no way to explain. The only people more confused are Cantor's pollsters, who missed their numbers by a mile.
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— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) June 11, 2014"Now, there is no heir. And there may be no order." http://t.co/XB3nmF7ttB
— Robert Costa (@costareports) June 11, 2014it's the biggest blow to the GOP establishment in years. Whole network of DC Rs have been wired into Cantor, prepping for when he got gavel
— Robert Costa (@costareports) June 11, 2014Cantor basically had the votes to be Speaker had Boehner decided to retire early next year.
— Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) June 10, 2014LIGHTS ARE ON ALL OVER CAP, leadership aides/members in the building, chaos in the marble halls....
— Robert Costa (@costareports) June 11, 2014I feel a great disturbance in the Force, as if hundreds of pundits were retroactively deciding they saw the Cantor loss coming all along.
— John Hayward (@Doc_0) June 11, 2014Your snakes turned on u and bit u @EricCantor ! Na Na NA Na! Na Na NAAAA Na! Hey HEY hey! Goo-hood byyyeee! #libcrib pic.twitter.com/qk590jM7Tb
— NOMσяєTєα (@NoMoreTeaForMe) June 11, 2014Shorter everyone: No one likes Eric Cantor but we are still shocked people voted for the other guy.
— Zerlina Maxwell (@ZerlinaMaxwell) June 11, 2014Cantor got teabagged
— Not Huey Freeman (@kwells214) June 11, 2014"Mr. Cantor spent $168,637 at steakhouses compared with the $200,000 his challenger spent on his entire campaign." http://t.co/VnMbltumUp
— Binyamin Appelbaum (@BCAppelbaum) June 11, 2014Well, I hear there's an opening on Virginia's tobacco board.
— Alec MacGillis (@AlecMacGillis) June 11, 2014Cantor’s staff was so sure he would win that they laughed me off several times when I asked them about the challenge.
— Sabrina Siddiqui (@SabrinaSiddiqui) June 11, 2014@SabrinaSiddiqui @instapundit Bet they're not laughing now; but we are... aaahhh hahahahahaha...
— Rhonda Rhodes (@KrlyQ518) June 11, 2014Unofficial turnout tonight, per state board, shows 65,008 voters came out in VA-7. 2 years ago it was 47,037, when Cantor won with 79%.
— Robert Costa (@costareports) June 11, 2014Many were surprised to learn they'd just gone from being most important congressional district in the country to being least important. (2)
— billmon (@billmon1) June 11, 2014Be wary of explanations for an election result from political press caught even more off guard than the loser. Some introspection in order.
— Alec MacGillis (@AlecMacGillis) June 11, 2014Cantor's district is a short hop from from the biggest pack of political reporters in the country and no one saw it coming.
— Neil King (@NKingofDC) June 11, 2014The only way this story could get crazier is if Kevin McCarthy was secretly behind the whole thing. #HouseOfCards
— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) June 11, 2014Canter's race is like a bonus episode of Game of Thrones. Is George R.R. Martin writing the scenario?
— Michael Markman (@Mickeleh) June 11, 2014Boehner: "I think I'll have one big glass of Cantorfreude." #VA07
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) June 11, 2014Cantor lost despite a 96% lifetime conservative rating & outspending his opponent by 25x
Our @msnbc report tonight: http://t.co/a4qP9goG5z
— Ari Melber (@AriMelber) June 11, 2014Let's consider this: #Cantor, who kept the GOP in lockstep against POTUS, was too squishy for his primary voters. Scared yet? #VOTE2014
— Liberal Librarian (@Lib_Librarian) June 11, 2014We would just like to wish Eric Cantor good luck filling out his unemployment papers! #PDMFNB #UniteBlue #p2 pic.twitter.com/4JuZnj6d4q
— MissR*EVOLutionaries (@MissREVO) June 11, 2014Dear God,
Please let Dave Brat be every bit as terrible as Akin, Mourdock, O'Donnell and Angle.
Thanks!
America
— Atchka! (@atchka) June 11, 2014Am I too much of a jerk if I am reminded of President Obama telling Eric Cantor: Elections have consequences... ?
— Bill Burton (@billburton) June 11, 2014Megyn Kelly asks if Eric Cantor should step down as Majority Leader...
— Matt Mackowiak (@MattMackowiak) June 11, 2014And just like that, the GOP moves eve further Right on immigration. And with that, their national chances for a generation
— Markos Moulitsas (@markos) June 11, 2014I wonder if Cantor is gonna lose his Dockers endorsement also.
— Lizz Winstead (@lizzwinstead) June 11, 2014LIndsey Graham probably has three words of advice for what Cantor should've spent last 12 mos doing to fend off nut jobs: Ben-ghaz-i.
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) June 11, 2014I will NOT miss Eric Cantor's Snidley Whiplash voice at all. #maddow
— Oregoneme (@Oregonemom) June 11, 2014Same folks who told us months ago immig reform was dead now say Cantor loss CHANGES EVERYTHING AND MEANS IT'S REALLY REALLY DEAD
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) June 11, 2014@SnarkAmendment he was thoroughly shocked. that's what happens when you live your life in an echo chamber of your own making
— MizNorris (@MizNorris) June 11, 2014Knocked out and all quiet early at @ericcantor Cap Hill office pic.twitter.com/ix45ntcuoA
— Kelly O'Donnell (@KellyO) June 11, 2014
