David Brat's Writings: Hitler's Rise ‘Could All Happen Again’  —  David Brat, the Virginia Republican who shocked House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R., Va.) Tuesday, wrote in 2011 that Hitler's rise “could all happen again, quite easily.”  —  Mr. Brat's remarks, in a 2011 issue of Interpretation …

Eric Cantor's Pollster Tries to Explain Why His Survey Showed Cantor Up 34 Points  —  This was not the first time Cantor pollster John McLaughlin has been wrong.  —  House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's own polling showed him with a wide lead before he lost his primary.  (Liz Lynch)

11 political lessons from Eric Cantor's loss  —  Eric Cantor's shocking defeat at the hands of David Brat is that rarest of things in American politics: a genuine earthquake.  And like with real earthquakes, the damage will be much greater because so few were prepared.  A few provisional thoughts:

Chaos erupts at Cantor's election night headquarters after his departure  —  RICHMOND — As if the political drama were not powerful enough, chaos erupted at election night headquarters shortly after House Majority Leader Eric Cantor conceded his stunning defeat to tea party-backed conservative David Brat.

Brat didn't go to Princeton Univ.  —  Economics professor and political giant killer David Brat appears to have done a little biographical inflation on his campaign website.  —  One of his “About Dave” selling points: “that he tested his rural values against the intellectual elite while at Princeton.”

Eric Cantor to step down as majority leader at end of July, backs McCarthy as successor  —  Majority Leader Eric I. Cantor (R-Va.) will step down from his leadership post at the end of July, ending a swift rise through the ranks of national politics and upending a leadership team that has run …

Eric Cantor's Shocking, Richly Deserved Primary Defeat  —  In Republican country, Tea Party always finds you.  —  Since Republicans won control of the House in the 2010 elections, the political future of Eric Cantor has been the subject of ceaseless speculation.

David Brat, the Libertarian Who Beat Eric Cantor, Doesn't Believe in the “Common” Good  —  Brat has called for slashing Social Security, Medicare, and education spending and says “rich” nations don't have to fear climate change.  —  When tea party challenger David Brat sent Rep. Eric Cantor …

Why Eric Cantor Lost  —  The death of the tea party has been greatly exaggerated.  House Majority Leader Eric Cantor lost his primary tonight to David Brat, a man who was significantly outspent.  Cantor spent $5 million to Brat's $122,000.00.  —  The media will play up Cantor's loss by claiming it was about immigration.

Poll: Immigration didn't doom Eric Cantor  —  Opponents of immigration reform seized on House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's shocking primary defeat Tuesday night as a clear referendum against a sweeping overhaul - particularly one that includes so-called “amnesty” for undocumented immigrants.

The guy who beat Eric Cantor penned a scathing, seemingly unpublished book about the economics profession  —  House Majority Leader Eric Cantor just lost a historic primary race — to an economist.  Prof. David Brat chairs the Department of Business and Economics at Randolph-Macon College, a liberal arts school in Ashland, Virginia.

Eric Cantor to Step Down as Majority Leader  —  WASHINGTON — Representative Eric Cantor of Virginia, the No. 2 House Republican, will resign as majority leader within weeks, according to leadership aides, setting off a scramble to remake the party's upper ranks.