… Shocking election results rarely have a single cause, and this instance is no exception. Clearly, the biggest single policy issue was immigration, which seemed to dominate coverage in the final days. …
What is instructive about this is that Cantor’s positions were fairly middle-of-the-road; he didn’t embrace comprehensive immigration reform along the lines of the Senate bill. This will serve as a warning signal, not only to all Republican candidates this year but to 2016 presidential hopefuls as well, that the immigration issue hasn’t changed that much since 2012, when Mitt Romney used demagoguery to thwart Gov. Rick Perry’s rise. CONT.
Charlie Cook