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Erick Erickson / RedState:
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.
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New York Times:
Cantor's Loss a Bad Omen for Moderates — WASHINGTON — The House Republican leadership, so solid in its opposition to President Obama, was torn apart Tuesday by the defeat of its most influential conservative voice, Representative Eric Cantor, the House majority leader …
Reid J. Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
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 …
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Eric Cantor succumbs to tea party challenger Tuesday — In a stunning upset propelled by tea party activists, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) was defeated in Tuesday's congressional primary, with insurgent David Brat delivering an unpredicted and devastating loss to the second …
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Laura Vozzella / Washington Post:
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.
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
CANTOR LOSES — RICHMOND, Va. — It wasn't enough that Eric Cantor spent $1 million in the weeks leading up to the election, when his conservative foe hardly had $100,000 in his campaign coffers. — It didn't matter that the House majority leader, 51, branded Dave Brat a liberal hack …
Shane Goldmacher / NationalJournal.com:
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)
Reid J. Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
Who Is David Brat? Meet the Economics Professor Who Defeated Eric Cantor — College professor David Brat knocked off House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R., Va.) Tuesday in the biggest congressional upset in years. — Mr. Brat ran an underfunded campaign based in part on Mr. Cantor's supposed support …
Ezra Klein / Vox:
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:
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
House Republicans up late weighing strategy in wake of Cantor's shocking defeat — House Speaker John Boehner, left, (R-Ohio), stands with House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) during a news conference at the Capitol June 10, 2014 in Washington. Boehner and Cantor spoke to the media …
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Jonathan Chait Follow / New York Magazine:
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.
Dave Brat for Congress:
About Dave — Dave Brat presents a major problem for liberals who try to continue increased government spending by discrediting conservatives and claiming the budget is “too complicated” for conservatives to understand. — For years in Virginia, everyone from the media to Governors have come …
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Todd S. Purdum / Politico:
The GOP's habit of eating its own — Eric Cantor's defeat in Virginia's GOP primary stunned the Washington political world. — But in historical terms, it should not have come as a shock. House Republicans have been eating their young since the Eisenhower era, and the race has been always to the right.
Scott Clement / Washington Post:
Did Democratic votes doom Eric Cantor? — Rep. Eric Cantor's unexpected Republican primary loss Tuesday kicked off rapid speculation on how the House majority leader lost to a poorly-funded opponent in a Virginia district whose primary Cantor won with 79 percent support in 2012.
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Washington Post:
Eric Cantor returns to the Capitol, as fight to replace him as majority leader begins
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John Cassidy / Rational Irrationality:
Cantor Loses, and Washington Goes Ape
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Mickey Kaus / The Daily Caller:
Notes on Cantormageddon — You knew Majority Leader Eric Cantor …
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Jim Newell / Salon:
Drudge's new fixation: Eric Cantor and the right's frenzied paranoia
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Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
Eric Cantor's Primary Loss Is a Political Earthquake. And It's Awful.
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John B. Judis / The New Republic:
Dave Brat and the Triumph of Rightwing Populism
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Samantha Lachman / The Huffington Post:
With Eric Cantor Defeat, Congressional Republicans Lose Only Non-Christian
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Poll: Immigration didn't doom Eric Cantor
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The GOP leadership scramble
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David Weigel / Slate:
How did the leader of the GOP opposition become a Tea Party trophy?
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John Parkinson / ABC News:
Meet the Tea Party Challenger Who Took Down Eric Cantor
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Eric Cantor Defeated by David Brat, Tea Party Challenger, in G.O.P. Primary Upset
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Emily Cahn / Roll Call:
Eric Cantor Loses Primary in Massive Upset (Video)
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CNN:
Cantor ‘earthquake’ rattles Capitol Hill
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama, not Hagel, responsible for Bergdahl, says White House — President Obama was responsible for the decision to swap five Taliban militants for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the White House said Tuesday. — The White House sought to deflect charges from congressional Republicans …
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Dan Murphy / Reuters:
Why Mosul's fall is a signature moment in Iraq (+video) — The Iraqi government has lost control of its third-largest city to Al Qaeda-inspired insurgents, a crushing defeat for not only Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's security policies but for Iraqi politics as a whole.
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Michael Martinez / CNN:
U.S. schools chief calls California ruling ‘a mandate’ to fix tenure, firing laws — Los Angeles (CNN) — A California judge ruled as unconstitutional Tuesday the state's teacher tenure, dismissal and layoff laws, saying they keep bad teachers in the classroom and force out promising good ones.
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