he did not. the same pollster said ed marky was neck and neck with gabriel gomez in massachusetts. the same pollster polled the rhode island race and said the white house was vulnerable to his republican challenger, shelton whitehouse won by 30 points. in october, the same republican pollster said a republican was within three points, shooting distance, of a congressional seat in new york. three points, the republican guy could definitely do it. so said john mclaughlin, republican pollster, extraed or their, look republicans within three points. actually the dude lost off to the democrat by 37 points. wow. yes, yes, it is true. [ bell dings ] eric cantor paid a republican pollster to tell him he would win by 34 points last night. given the truly remarkable record of that particular republican pollster it maybe should have been as no surprise, should have come as no surprise
them, to re-brand them, reintroduce them. but finding his side in power in washington, but not very beloved or exciting, eric cantor started doing this thing about once a year or so, where he would try to sculpt a new image for the party. so, yes, young guns, that was awesome. but that was just the 2010 version of eric cantor s new relaunched republican party. before that, he had launched something called the national council for a new america. that one was going to show how the republican party was tapping outside the beltway ideas for the republican policy agenda. the launch for that one, you might remember, it involved mr. cantor inviting the young, fresh faces of jeb bush and mr. romney for a celebration of outside the beltway ideas that was actually held at a pizza parlor that was literally inside the beltway, inside the perimeter highway that encompasses greater washington, d.c. and despite eric cantor s intention to hold a series of these informal chat and choose
paul ryan, joined by common sense conservative candidates from across the country. together, they are ready to make history. together, they are the young guns. innovative, energetic, forging new solutions. the young guns! it actually hurts my throat when we cover them too much, because i have to say it that way. young and brave and brash and republican. also, guns, right? that super hero buddy movie thing was designed to sell two things. obviously, a youngish new brand of republican party, that involves the word guns, and also their book by the same name. and the young guns was just one of eric cantor s efforts to rebrand the republican party. more than any other single thing, what stands out in eric cantor s record in terms of his contribution to modern republican politics is how frequently he tried to relaunch them, to re-brand them, reintroduce them.
a republican, his own policy positions never moved an inch. and people can tell when you re saying one thing and doing another. and in the end, eric cantor s endless repackaging of the same old stuff, it couldn t be wrapped up in anything that anyone wanted to buy, even in his home district. joining us now, sam stein, political reporter for huffington post. sam, thank you for being here. thank you for saying young guns. young guns! i m worried about your throat. tomorrow i ll sound like a smoker. i did not expect when going back through, i did a sort of historical retrench on eric cantor s record. i didn t expect to find the only consistent through line was this rebranding stuff. he obviously thought that was key to his success and his leadership in the party. what do you think the actual impact of that was. you missed one, you missed the cut and grow rebrand that they did was that you cut oh, no, there was you cut and cut and grow, two different ones. he was a co
them, to rebrand them, reintroduce them. but finding his side in power in washington, but not very beloved or exciting, eric cantor started doing this thing about once a year or so, where he would try to sculpt a new image for the party. so, yes, young guns, that was awesome. but that was just the 2010 version of eric cantor s new relaunched republican party. before that, he had launched something called the national council for a new america. that one was going to show how the republican party was tapping outside the beltway ideas for the republican policy agenda. the launch for that one, you might remember, it involved mr. cantor inviting the young, fresh faces of jeb bush and mr. romney for a celebration of outside the beltway ideas that was actually held at a pizza parlor that was literally inside the beltway, inside the perimeter highway that encompasses greater washington, d.c. and despite eric cantor s