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Fast Forward Eric Cantor’s National Profile Proved Toxic in Rural Virginia District
(Reuters) — A combination of over-confidence, neglect of his district and voter anger at congressional leaders fueled Republican Eric Cantor’s stunning primary loss in Virginia, an upset that rocked the Republican Party. Cantor’s loss on Tuesday to a political unknown, college professor and Tea Party challenger David Brat, followed a series of missed warning signs…
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News Eric Cantor Loss Plunges Jewish Republicans Into Despair
“Numb. Speechless. Sad,” tweeted Matt Brooks, head of the Republican Jewish Coalition, minutes after results came in from Virginia’s 7th district. Those results made clear that Eric Cantor’s meteoric political run had abruptly come to an end at a time when Brooks, like most other Republican backers of Cantor, was focused on the majority leader’s…
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Opinion In Cantor vs. Cantor Feud, a Liberal Kvells
Dan Cantor, right, isn’t exactly broken up over the political demise of the man who shares his last name. Not all Cantors are mourning over House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s stunning fall from political power. Dan Cantor, the national director of the progressive Working Families Party, shamelessly celebrated the downfall of the man who shares…
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Fast Forward Republicans Scramble After Stunning Eric Cantor Loss
Republican lawmakers are scrambling to identify the party’s future leaders after the shock primary election defeat of Eric Cantor, the No. 2 Republican in the House of Representatives, by an upstart candidate from the Tea Party movement. House Majority Leader Cantor was defeated on Tuesday in a primary race in his Virginia district by a…
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Opinion Eric Cantor Defeat ‘Apocalyptic’ for GOP Mainstream
(Reuters) — The shocking defeat of Eric Cantor was dubbed an “apocalyptic” moment for the Republican mainstream as Tea Party populist conservatives showed off their grassroots muscle — and proved virtually no lawmaker is safe from a challenge from the right. Cantor’s defeat to a political unknown is likely to halt any efforts to craft…
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Fast Forward Ted Cruz Slams Palestinians Over Collapse of Peace Talks
Sen. Ted Cruz in Israel said the Palestinian Authority’s refusal to recognize Israel as a Jewish state caused the latest round of peace negotiations to fail. On a two-day visit, Cruz (R-Texas) said in an interview with The Jerusalem Post that the United States should not dictate terms to Israel, including on settlement building in…
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Israel News Rand Paul Hones Pro-Israel Pitch, But Finds Jewish Leaders Wary
(JTA) — Can Rand Paul woo his party’s Jews? The Kentucky senator and likely candidate for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination is stepping up his Jewish outreach. In recent weeks, Paul chatted with rabbis on a conference call and proposed legislation to cut funding to the Palestinian Authority unless it recognizes Israel as a Jewish…
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Fast Forward J Street-Backed GOP Incumbent Walter Jones Survives N.C. Primary
An incumbent Republican North Carolina congressman backed by J Street defeated a primary challenger who had been backed by pro-Israel conservatives. Rep. Walter Jones (R-N.C.) beat back a challenge by Taylor Griffin, a former George W. Bush administration official, in the primary Tuesday. J Street, a liberal Jewish Middle East policy group, backed Jones in…
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