Voters’ revolts are always instructive. But first you have to figure out what the voters were trying to say. And in the days since Rep. Eric Cantor, the second-ranking Republican in the House of Representatives, lost his GOP primary election, there’s been plenty of disagreement about that. The prevailing conclusion […] Read more »
A Cantor Narrative
The moment it became clear House Majority Leader Eric Cantor would suffer a shocking primary loss to David Brat, reporters began speculating about what the result would mean for Republican candidates across the country. Bob [Garfield] talks with North Star Opinion Research President Whit Ayers who says the media is […] Read more »
National GOP: Don’t use Cantor’s pollster
National Republicans are warning candidates to stay away from House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s (R-Va.) pollster, who predicted just weeks before Cantor’s loss that he was up by a huge margin. CONT. Cameron Joseph, The Hill Read more »
Eric Cantor’s Untended Fences
… 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 […] Read more »
What Eric Cantor’s Defeat Means for Hillary Clinton
… The Virginia Republican’s defeat virtually extinguishes the already flickering chances that House Republicans will pass immigration reform before the 2014 election, and even dims the odds that the chamber will take action before 2016. And that significantly improves prospects in the next presidential election for Clinton, or any other […] Read more »
The New Nihilism Threatens GOP’s Growth
Before nonagenarian Rep. Ralph Hall lost his seat in a Republican primary in Texas, no incumbent had been defeated in primaries this year, leading to the dominant press and pundit narrative: The Republican Empire Strikes Back. Oops. Now with the stunning defeat of Eric Cantor, we have narrative whiplash: The […] Read more »