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In response to "honestly, I thought Cantor *was* the Tea Party's seat at the table...wasn't he?" by znufrii

Nope, Tea Party thought he wasn't conservative enough. -- nm

Posted by Tim (aka othertim) Jun 10 '14, 18:47

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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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