mcintosh with emily s list. lizza had this interesting piece where he talked about the populist campaign that brat ran, in which he talked about the fact that big business and big government were in with each other. he talked about wall street and talked about the fact that cantor wasn t on the side of the little guy. and i think there s a lot of there s a lot of populist anger against congress and eric cantor kind of represented the worst of it. and i spoke to a couple of local reporters from that district today. and they both had stories, along the lines of, cantor when he would rarely visit the district, would come in with an suv and a bunch of bodyguards, and literally shove people out of the way. and so i think that kind of expanded upon that narrative. i think that s why that narrative stuck to a guy like cantor, because he seems to have been sort of personally the epitome of that s right.
i mean, that s pretty that s pretty rough. yeah, i mean, i think they always guys like boehner, they viewed as someone who s a squish and didn t stand up for them, but with cantor, it was much more personal. they viewed him as someone who used them, who tricked them and then betrayed them. so they took a much harsher view of him. it was far more personal than it was with boehner or even mcconnell. with those guys, they always identified them as their enemies. cantor, they thought he was their ally and it turned out he wasn t. he wasn t going to go as far as they wanted him to. that s interesting. so they thought they knew who was kind of down for the cause and who was just an institutional player and they mistook cantor for someone who was down for the cause and that generated that anger and that sense of betrayal. yeah, cantor saw them as a very effective sort of tactical tool he could use in opposing obama. but he never actually wanted to go as far as he did. and once tha
i think that s why that narrative stuck to a guy like cantor, because he seems to have been sort of personally the epitome of that s right. and there s something concrete about it and also ideological. the ideological part is about big business and big government or, the bailout which cantor voted for. there s that aspect, and just the blocking and tackling of constituent services. and it seems like the guy was totally awol. you have to go through at least the pageantry of local politics when you re a congressman. you have to show up at your district, you have to eat at the local diner, you have to know your neighbors and hang out there. you can t roll in with the motorcade and be on you have to pretend to care. that s right! who keep sending you back to have steak with banking lobbyists. let s be totally truthful here. it s not as though john boehner or nancy pelosi are really men and women of the people. they re all, you know, well they re creatures but they a
mcintosh with emily s list. lizza had this interesting piece where he talked about the populist campaign that brat ran, in which he talked about the fact that big business and big government were in with each other. he talked about wall street and talked about the fact that cantor wasn t on the side of the little guy. and i think there s a lot of there s a lot of populist anger against congress and eric cantor kind of represented the worst of it. and i spoke to a couple of local reporters from that district today. and they both had stories, along the lines of, cantor when he would rarely visit the district, would come in with an suv and a bunch of bodyguards, and literally shove people out of the way. and so i think that kind of expanded upon that narrative. i think that s why that narrative stuck to a guy like cantor, because he seems to have been sort of personally the epitome of that s right. and there s something concrete
probably took the lead in bumping him out. listen to her addressing a brat rally. i kind of wish, thinking about this, that president obama would have thought this through a little bit more. and maybe, you know, for getting sergeant bergdahl how far captivity, instead of sending five taliban mvps over there, he could have just traded one eric cantor. i mean, that s pretty that s pretty rough. yeah, i mean, i think they always guys like boehner, they viewed as someone who s a squish and didn t stand up for them, but with cantor, it was much more personal. they viewed him as someone who used them, who tricked them and then betrayed them. so they took a much harsher view of him. it was far more personal than it was with boehner or even mcconnell. with those guys, they always identified them as their enemies. cantor, they thought he was their ally and it turned out he wasn t. he wasn t going to go as far as they wanted him to. that s interesting.