There was this guy, his name was Eric Cantor. Maybe you don't remember him but he was once the majority leader of a great political organization: the U.S. House of Representatives. He was a man of immense power and influence in America. But that was long ago, before the dark ...read more
I went on Thom Hartmann's show last night and got into an almighty bust up with conservative David Hogberg PhD, Senior Fellow at the National Center for Public Policy Research, and Scott Greer, Associate Editor at The Daily Caller. Discussing a number of issues, including the ...read more
Former Montana Governor and potential 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Brian Schweitzer has clearly been wearing his trademark bolo tie a little too tightly. In a profile in the National Journal, Schweitzer said the following about Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA): “If you were ...read more
Either Ted Nugent is the least self-aware human on the planet or he's just the world's biggest asshole. In his latest column (he has a column) for World Net Daily, here's what he wrote about the GOP's only Jewish member of Congress, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor: Virgina ...read more
Eric Cantor has managed to do what was previously thought impossible: screw the country by losing his seat in Congress. His loss to David Brat -- a Tea Partier who until now could barely afford his own trip to the glue factory -- is going to fire up conservative districts ...read more
When House Majority Leader Eric Cantor unexpectedly lost his midterm primary to a little-known Tea Party candidate named Dave Brat on Tuesday night, liberals around the country cackled and rejoiced, even as journalists scrambled to figure out who, exactly, Brat is. ...read more
While following the social media reaction to House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's primary defeat Tuesday night, I couldn't help but wonder why anyone outside of the tea party was celebrating this bizarre turn of events. By any measure, David Brat's victory was really, really bad ...read more
As the polls close in Virginia, it appears tea party challenger David Brat has defeated House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in the Republican primary for Virginia's 7th District. Unlike other congressional A-listers who fell to an untimely defeat, Cantor will not be able to run ...read more
A favorite pastime of American politicians of both parties is grandstanding on behalf of Israel to appease their pro-Israel benefactors. Republican pols, however, have an added incentive to support the Jewish state because a good chunk of their voting base is composed of ...read more
Paul Krugman makes a good point: Ask yourself: when was the last time a Republican leader made a point of praising hard-working, ordinary families — as opposed to “job creators”? Think about what happened on Labor Day: on a day dedicated to celebrating workers, House majority ...read more
By Ben Cohen: I've always subscribed to theory that Republicans believe in slashing taxes for the wealthy because the party is funded by corporations and rich people who would massively benefit from it. The idea that tax cuts for the 1% gives some tangible benefit to the ...read more
It should come as no surprise that President Obama's Jobs Bill is dead. The Republicans killed it essentially because it might have worked. Writes Andrew Sullivan: Right now, the obvious strategy for emerging from the economic soup is short-term stimulus combined with a Grand ...read more
Eric Cantor just accused the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) of producing dishonest data, despite the office's long track record of running the numbers. Numbers, in fact, that were apparently just fine and dandy for one Eric Cantor to cite a while back in order to try and ...read more
Not too long ago Republicans called this sort of behavior treason. Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) took a swipe at President Barack Obama's Mideast policy in Jerusalem on Thursday, telling reporters he was worried about the administration's direction in its attempts to forge a ...read more
From the people who brought you John McCain's "the fundamentals of the economy are strong". Republicans remain completely and absolutely out of touch with the people. The Virginia Republican, speaking to reporters at the Christian Science Monitor breakfast Thursday morning, ...read more
As Republicans prepare to engage in a self-described insurgency versus President Obama, doing the will of Republican Leader Limbaugh and hoping for the President and the country to fail, they have coalesced - it appears - around a new leader. This is good news. It is good news ...read more
