Interesting maybe, surprising, not at all. Cantor was one of the more conservative House members, and Obama pretty much hates him. Yet he was one of the few with marshalling skills to help get something through on immigration, even if it was a long shot. So what happens?-- Republicans continue to eat their own, and redefine RINO once again, as Cantor not only loses, but to someone whose main message was that Cantor was too weak on immigration. You see, Jason, immigration reform means build the damn fence and step up the pace on shipping people out. Seriously, look at the tea party position on the subject. Anything less is anti-american, unconstitutional, illegal and violates every principle of the rugged individuals who made this country great (insert pic of Marlboro man here).
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If we are to have another contest in the near future of our national existence, I predict that the dividing line will not be Mason and Dixon's but between patriotism and intelligence on the one side, and superstition, ambition and ignorance on the other. - Ulysses S. Grant, military commander, 18th US President.
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