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Martin DyckmanJune 15, 2014

Revolutions have a way of turning against their founders and friends. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor is the latest victim. Cantor didn’t launch the Tea Party revolution but he did coddle and exploit it. Unlike the leaders of the French Revolution, Cantor still has his head, as well as–until January–the congressional seat he lost in […]

Guest AuthorJune 12, 2014

A political earthquake shook D.C. this week with the upset primary defeat of GOP Majority Whip Eric Cantor of Virginia. Cantor, who outspent his opponent 10 to 1, lost what was regarded as one of the GOP’s safest seats to David Brat, an economics professor at George Mason University and political novice. He was favored […]

Martin DyckmanFebruary 4, 2014

If there’s one rule that really matters in politics, it’s this: Don’t let best be the enemy of good. Otherwise, both are likely to lose. For people who favor universal health insurance — as I do — Obamacare was a hard swallow. It falls far short of covering everybody. It’s too complex, guaranteeing that there […]

Daniel TilsonJanuary 8, 2014

Lyndon Baines Johnson, the 36th President of The United States, must be spinning in his grave and cursing up a storm this week. You see, to mark the 50th anniversary of LBJ’s landmark ‘War On Poverty’, congressional conservatives like Eric Cantor, Paul Ryan and Marco Rubio are taking turns trying to discredit it. First came […]

Tag: Eric Cantor

Martin Dyckman: Cantor’s loss means political scene will get more rancorous

Steve Kurlander: Cantor’s defeat shows Americans are disgusted with D.C.

Martin Dyckman: Compromise appears possible on immigration reform

Daniel Tilson: The GOP’s impoverished anti-poverty platform