I would like to say congrats to the no name dude that beat Cantor……could not happen to a more worthy person. Yeah, that’s right i do not like cantor….I do not trust anyone that looks like a weasel or anyone who smiles while discussing pressing problems.
By now everyone and I do mean….EVERYONE has heard about the sound beating that the GOP’s majority leader, Eric cantor took in the primary, right? Some are happy….some not so much…..if you support the Tea Party then you are hiding in the corner tossing your jolly and counting the days for the next primary and praying for a repeat……and are starting to dream of the 2016 elections with a small twinkle in your eye….am I right?
Cantor was beat by a constant brow beating o his immigration stands…everything he ever said was used against him….and in the end it was his downfall….and the peasants danced.
Let’s fast forward to the 2016 election which the field should start to coalesce in the mid year of 2015….there are some I the GOP that think that another Bush should throw his hat in the ring…….that Bush would be Jeb……..but you know after the stomping Cantor took he might want to rethink that choice.
Bush’s vulnerabilities in a Republican primary would be remarkably similar to those Cantor faced. Bush is an unapologetic supporter of comprehensive immigration reform, famously calling illegal immigrants’ attempts to come to this country “an act of love.” Last Friday, Cantor stirred the pot before his primary by suggesting he could work with President Obama to allow a path to citizenship for some children of illegal immigrants already in the country. On education, Bush has championed the Common Core educational standards, which have become a litmus-test issue for conservatives, who view them as usurping local control of schools. In the congressional campaign, David Brat criticized Cantor for supporting centralized educational reforms, including Common Core.
Jeb has made a few statements on immigration that will no doubt come back time and time again and bite him on the ass……..since the South has become a white bastion of politics he may want to consider the chances that he will be about as welcome down there as a rattlesnake in church. Much could change between now and the primaries for 2016……but right now Immigration is looking like a good topic of contention.
Cantor’s defeat has made Jeb a less attractive prospect for the GOP……and since immigration is being set up as a major issue in the 2016 race….he has shot himself in the foot with his past statements on the subject…….I think Jeb is dead as the GOP nominee.
Any thoughts from my readers?
Funny you should mention the weasel look. The no name dude, David Brat, looks JUST LIKE CANTOR, except that he wears frameless glasses instead of black. The view in my neck of the woods is that both candidates were Tea Party guys, so they were bound to win either way.
Hi Mikey…i finally got a look at the guy…..another weasel like parasite…soon the American people have got to wake up to what these people are up to….well I can hope….chuq
On a national level I think a Jeb Bush candidacy will have more of a chance than say a Ted Cruz candidacy to win the POTUS seat. TeaParty types do well at local levels but find the going tougher in a broader constituency. The immigration reform thing has more broader appeal among Republicans across the country than the smaller crowds in Cantor’s district.
Time will tell though
Larry, my neck of the woods we liked santorum…I am just afraid that these twats will find a way to win all over and we will be saddled with a helluva mess after 4 years…..