eric cantor

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor lost in the primary to David Brat, an economics professor at Randolph-Macon College. http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/cantor-may-just-lose-his-primary-fight-with-tea-partier Discuss. :popcorn1

It's apparent that John Boehner has failed in his job. I say this because one important part of his job is to move legislation of his choosing to the floor for passage. His own majority has just rejected his attempt to do that, which looks to me somewhat similar to a vote of no confidence. I...

Is this any way to run a government? So we'll do it all over again in 6 or 8 weeks. And then what? Another temporary stopgap measure to keep the government running for a few more weeks? :mad:

Seems the little drongo might actually make money if the debtr cieling is not raised and the government goes into default. http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2011/06/27/eric_cantor_conflict_of_interest I don't fully understand how this sort of financial wheeling-and-dealing works, but...

Eric Cantor went to Israel and told Netanyahu: Now, it's been a standard refrain from Republicans that "politics stops at the water's edge" and that only the President conducts foreign policy. At least one Republican has denounced his actions. Wanna guess who made this comment?

Or so you'd think if you were dumb enough to watch Fox News. But the real story is far different. But just take a look at the Fox News screen grab. I mean, really? Does this really fly with Teabaggers?