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Honestly, I'm not sure if the leadership doesn't get really shaken up by this.

Posted by Will Hunting (aka JoeMetz) Jun 10 '14, 18:34

The Tea Party is going to get a seat at the table, Boehner's got better things to do than herd those cats, Cantor's gone, and Ryan...if you're a national figure, why risk having to actually try to lead seeing what just happened to *Eric Cantor*.

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honestly, I thought Cantor *was* the Tea Party's seat at the table...wasn't he? - znufrii Jun 10, 18:42 15
- Nope, Tea Party thought he wasn't conservative enough. -- nm - Tim Jun 10, 18:47 14
  - well, *now* they do, abviously, but it wasn't always that way I don't think. -- nm - znufrii Jun 10, 18:49 13
    - He's not listed as a current or former member of the Tea Party Caucus, FWIW. -- nm - mara Jun 10, 18:51 6
      - I could very well be misremembering - znufrii Jun 10, 18:54 5
        
        I've been trying to unearth older articles, with no luck, but this one from last fall does seem to be saying he previously had some Tea Party support. -- (link) - mara Jun 10, 18:58 2
        
        yeah, that article totally has the tone of a jilted TEA party lover. -- nm - znufrii Jun 10, 19:01 1
        
        I haven't followed Cantor closely, but my recollection is that he hasn't been coda. He's shown the willingness to be moderate/compromise at times. - ty97 Jun 10, 19:38
        
        Plus, you know..... not a Christian.... -- nm - mara Jun 10, 18:55 1
        
        you know, even with a last name of "Cantor" that had never even occurred to me. -- nm - znufrii Jun 10, 18:57
    - *shrug* he dared to agree with Obama on something or other. -- nm - Tim Jun 10, 18:49 5
      - that old standby of immigration, looks like - znufrii Jun 10, 18:52 3
        
        He also voted to raise the debt ceiling, I think. -- nm - mara Jun 10, 18:53 2
        
        Eventually, but he was one of the leaders of the no compromise brigade. -- nm - pmb Jun 10, 20:40
        
        link -- (link) - mara Jun 10, 18:55
      - No way that he'll ever vote "Less Filling!" ever again - prayformojo Jun 10, 18:51

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