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honestly, I thought Cantor was the Tea Party's seat at the table...wasn't he?

Posted by znufrii Jun 10 '14, 18:42

And as far as Ryan goes, there's a lot worse places to run for president from than majority leader of the house. especially when he can blame Boehner for their failure to actually get anything done over the next two years.

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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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