No one saw House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s loss coming, least of all the Virginia Republican and his team. In fact, ahead of Tuesday night, most of the talk among the political chattering class was about whether South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham would be able to clear the 50 percent mark â€" enough to avoid a runoff -- in his GOP U.S. Senate primary. As it turned out, Graham easily topped 50 percent and it was Cantor who fell to a Tea Party newcomer in a shocking upset. Everyone �...
No one saw House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s loss coming, least of all the Virginia Republican and his team. In fact, ahead of Tuesday night, most of the talk among the political chattering class was about whether South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham would be able to clear the 50 percent mark â€" enough to avoid a runoff -- in his GOP U.S. Senate primary. As it turned out, Graham easily topped 50 percent and it was Cantor who fell to a Tea Party newcomer in a shocking upset. Everyone �...
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