Cantor Loses His Primary

The loss of the Majority Leader’s primary is a truly amazing story. He lost to a little known candidate that was outspent by Cantor by a 25 to 1 margin.

But the biggest surprise was that Brat got little to no support from outside Tea Party groups. The big national Tea Party groups stayed out of the race, as did most people, thinking that Cantor would breeze to a victory. There were a few that campaigned for him on the airways though. Laura Ingraham and Markl Levin were instrumental in getting his name out there and energizing people to vote for him.

But what happened???  Why did Cantor get trounced in this primary???

The spin and causes of Cantor’s loss are a dine a dozen. Was it Immigration reform??? His aggressive slating in Virginia??? His lack of connection to his district??? Or a loss of confidence in the Republican Establishment by his constituents??

I think that is was a combination of all the above. With all the stories about the illegal immigrants being dropped off in the middle of no where because the Government has no way to facilitate the housing of all the Central American children streaming into the country. Then there are a lot of angry stories of his Salting of delegates throughout Virginia. Cantor was in DC when election day came around, and alienating himself from his constituents.  And there is still a big deal of anger at the Republican Establishment throughout the Republican base.

Could this be the shot that will begin the revolution in the GOP??  Will this be the time the Tea Party is going to take over and move the Republicans farther to the right??  Only time will tell, but this is a big victory against the Republican Establishment and could shift the GOP farther to the right

What is going to happen now??  Cantor is going to resign from his post as Majority leader and there is going to be a battle for his spot. McCarthy is the next in line supposedly, but there are others that want to shake things up and bring the Republicans farther to the right.