The Tea Party is de--. . . oh, wait.

Eric Cantor, Republican House majority leader, outspent his little-known opponent in the primary for his Virginia congressional district by 15 or 20 to 1, and lost his race today by about 45%-55%.  Virginia has a "sore loser" law that will prevent Cantor from running against the primary winner, David Brat, as an independent.

Brat is a thorough-going economic conservative of the Cato Institute stripe.  The Republican Party leadership is going bats.

5 comments:

  1. DL Sly12:05 AM

    Bwaaahaaahaaaaaaaaaaaa!
    0>;~]

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  2. Ymar Sakar9:32 AM

    The national level orgs are dead because the strategic funding was blocked and destroyed by the IRS.

    but the local grassroots are still alive, they haven't been burned out.

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  3. Ymar Sakar9:48 AM

    Sly, you sound like you are enjoying something infernally.

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  4. DL Sly1:23 PM

    Oh I am, Ymar.

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  5. Anonymous1:49 PM

    I'm sitting out here with my popcorn enjoying the show.

    LittleRed1

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