Eric Cantor lost his primary against a nobody yesterday - and I imagine you've prob'ly heard all about it already, so I don't need to rehash it.
But there's not a lot of celebrating going on at VA-GOP HQ today, cuz here's the thing most Teabaggers just don't get:
Because of Eric Cantor's position as House Majority Leader, Virginia's 7th District has been the 2nd most powerful Congressional District in all of USAmerica Inc. Out of 435 voting districts, only John Boehner's (OH-08) has more clout and influence than VA-07.
Guess what happens now? Almost 600,000 Virginia voters are about to get shuffled to the bottom of the deck.
I think that's not necessarily a bad thing - if power doesn't change hands once in a while, we get some pretty shitty results (kinda like what we've been seeing for the last 20 years or so). Just keep in mind that in politics, even when you get what you want, you don't always get what you want.
hat tip = Balloon Juice
But there's not a lot of celebrating going on at VA-GOP HQ today, cuz here's the thing most Teabaggers just don't get:
Because of Eric Cantor's position as House Majority Leader, Virginia's 7th District has been the 2nd most powerful Congressional District in all of USAmerica Inc. Out of 435 voting districts, only John Boehner's (OH-08) has more clout and influence than VA-07.
Guess what happens now? Almost 600,000 Virginia voters are about to get shuffled to the bottom of the deck.
I think that's not necessarily a bad thing - if power doesn't change hands once in a while, we get some pretty shitty results (kinda like what we've been seeing for the last 20 years or so). Just keep in mind that in politics, even when you get what you want, you don't always get what you want.
hat tip = Balloon Juice
No comments:
Post a Comment