Major earthquake in Virginia last night - Cantor FIRED!

[Sailor]

House Majority Leader Cantor defeated in primary

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- In an upset for the ages, Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia, the second-most powerful man in the House, was dethroned Tuesday by a little-known, tea party-backed Republican primary challenger carried to victory on a wave of public anger over calls for looser immigration laws.

"This is a miracle from God that just happened," exulted David Brat, an economics professor, as his victory became clear in the congressional district around Virginia's capital city.

Speaking to downcast supporters, Cantor conceded, "Obviously we came up short" in a bid for renomination to an eighth term.

More here:
hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_VIRGINIA_PRIMARY_CANTOR?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2014-06-10-20-05-45

So much for the premature obituaries for the Tea Party.

Of course, this puts Cantor's House seat in play for Democrats but it deals a blow to "immigration reform" (amnesty) in the House. Whether that blow is fatal or not remains to be seen.

Just goes to show what can happen when you ignore the wishes and values of your constituants, most of whom are more conservative than you.

[101ABN]

"Why we fired Cantor"

thefederalist.com/2014/06/11/why-we-fired-eric-cantor/

[Sailor]

"The result was that Cantor’s real constituency wasn’t the folks back home. His constituency was the Republican leadership and the Republican establishment."

And the folks back home finally figured it out.

I took a quick look at the bio of the guy who beat him. Depending upon what report you read Cantor spent anywhere from $1 to $5 million on this primary, his opponent spent a whopping $200k and apparently none of the National Tea Party organizations backed him. His money seems to have all been local.

Here we go - Note, this is from Wikipedia

David Alan "Dave" Brat (born July 27, 1964)[citation needed] is an American economist, a professor at Randolph–Macon College, and the Republican candidate in the general election for Virginia's 7th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives, which will be held on November 4, 2014. Brat defeated House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in the district's 2014 Republican primary on June 10, 2014.[4] Brat's primary victory over Cantor, one of the biggest upsets in modern congressional history, made him the first primary challenger to oust a sitting House Majority Leader since the position's creation in 1899.

Originally from Alma, Michigan,[6] [7] Brat moved to Virginia in 1996 with his wife, Laura.[8] Brat attended Hope College in Michigan and received a B.A. in Business Administration in 1986; he also graduated with a Master's degree in Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1990 and earned a Ph.D in economics from American University in 1995.[1]

After working for Arthur Andersen and as a consultant for the World Bank, he became a professor at Randolph–Macon College (RMC) in 1996.[1]

His published papers include "God and Advanced Mammon: Can Theological Types Handle Usury and Capitalism?" and "An Analysis of the Moral Foundations in Ayn Rand."[9]

David Brat is a Roman Catholic and is a parishioner of St. Mary Catholic Church in Richmond with his wife and their two children.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Brat

From the Randolph-Macon site:

Personal Information

Department of Economics & Business
Randolph-Macon College
Ashland, VA 23005
[e-mail]

Education

Ph. D. (Economics) 1995, The American University , Washington, D.C.
M. Div. 1990, Princeton Theological Seminary , Princeton, New Jersey.
B.A. Business Administration, 1986, Hope College , Holland, Michigan.

Areas of Academic Specialization

Macro Growth Economics, International Trade & Finance,
Economic Methodology, History & Ethics

Yup, M. DIV. means Masters of Divinity. The moonbats here are going bugshit over that.

And one last note; Jack Trammell, his Democrat opponent in November is also a faculty member at Randolph-Macon, an associate professor of sociology, specializing in disability in higher education. He was selected by the State Dem Party to serve as the sacrificial lamb running against Cantor since NO ONE ran in the Demoratic Primary. That's a hell of an endorsement - sacrificial lamb.

[Sailor]

I had an eye procedure today (laser) and wasn't able to listen but Limbaugh did a piece on Brat and his platform -

www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2014/06/11/dave_brat_s_controversial_platform