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Why Lindsey Graham Avoided Eric Cantor's Fate

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Posted by Fred 2014-06-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 "the Senate Conservatives Fund, supported by former Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina, stayed out of the race despite backing long-shot challengers to other Republican senators"

"Graham's victory was also aided by assiduous attention to constituent service"

The only sentences in the entire article that matter, and the real reasons Graham won.

Everything else in the article is window dressing. He's a man who is good at bringing home the pork for his constituents and little else. Not conservative fiscally or socially.

His buddy ran air cover for him, and his constituents don't want the pork to end. Period. That's why he won.

Posted by no mo uro 2014-06-12 05:47|| 2014-06-12 05:47|| Front Page Top

#2 They didn't realize that Cantor was in trouble until it was too late. If they had had more time to bring the full weight of the machine to bear this would have gone the other way.

Posted by Iblis 2014-06-12 15:14|| 2014-06-12 15:14|| Front Page Top

#3 Grahams opposition was fractured by six players rather than the one player in the Cantor race.

Posted by irishrageboy 2014-06-12 18:29|| 2014-06-12 18:29|| Front Page Top

#4 No!

Graham has a consistent, coherent position. Which is worthy of respect, even if it is not the position that a voter wants. At least that hypothetical voter knows what he/she is getting.

When I lived in Michigan, forget about parties, I never felt bad to vote for the Senator from Dow Chemical, instead of the one from General Motors. I knew what I was getting, and was happy when he delivered.

Cantor has always been a freak on some sort of self-aggrandizing cruise, where he could bask in every light pointing in from every direction, which required saying all sort of inconsistent babble. Well that may work to get donations, but it cannot create support. His constituents knew that he would rather support whoever gave him the most money, instead of them. And they rationally dumped him.

It is not about immigration, it is about faithlessness. Finally, after so many terms, his lack of devotion to his constituents was noticed.

Good riddance.

I hope his successor can deliver on his constituents' expectations.

Posted by rammer 2014-06-12 23:41|| 2014-06-12 23:41|| Front Page Top

#5 And if you don't know anything about Michigan, let me tell you that Dow is much less evil than GM. And I came to that conclusion 20 years prior to driving 50k miles in a Cobalt.

Posted by rammer 2014-06-12 23:46|| 2014-06-12 23:46|| Front Page Top

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