Question is why it is that my friends in the other party have made the idea of preventing these people from Getting Health Care their holy grail, their number one priority. The one unifying principle in the Republican Party at the moment is making sure that 30 Million People dont have health care. Thats hard to understand as an agenda thats going to strengthen our middle class. And this was his response to Tea Party Leaders like ted cruz, rand paul and mike lee who are championing a Government Shutdown if the obama care law is not defunded. The idea that you would shut down the government unless you prevent 30 Million People from Getting Health Care is a bad idea. What you should be thinking about is how can we advance and improve ways for middle class families to have some security so that if they work hard they can get ahead. Youll hear more from the president shortly, but the bottom line is this. This was perhaps the most impassioned defense of the law that weve seen from him to dat
Friends in the other party have made the idea of preventing these people from Getting Health Care their holy grail, their number one priority. The one unifying principle in the Republican Party at the moment is making sure that 30 Million People dont have health care. Thats hard to understand as an agenda thats going to strengthen our middle class. And this was his response to Tea Party Leaders like ted cruz, rand paul and mike lee who are champb oning a Government Shutdown if the obama care law is not defunded. The idea that you would shut down the government unless you prevent 30 Million People from Getting Health Care is a bad idea. What you should be thinking about is how can we advance and improve ways for middle class families to have some security so that if they work hard they can get ahead. Youll hear more from the president shortly, but the bottom line is this. This was perhaps the most impassioned defense of the law that weve seen from him to date. It has democrats everywher
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Republican in congress, eric cantor was in line when john boehner stepped down as speaker of the house. Eric cantor expected to win reelection, looks like he will go down as losing from the right. This was a challenger from the right . It was a challenger from the right. His opponent accused him of not being Strong Enough on immigration, were seeing it become front and center. So the question is what does it mean for those who want a sort of compromise down the road . There are some i would imagine that say this makes the idea of compromise in the next year or two even unlikely. It certainly sends that message. It certainly emboldens the tea party. Well see what happens in the next couple of weeks, where we see a Tea Party Member, in Congress Since 1973. But with cantor we see something very unexpected. Certainly in the house of representatives this will make the Tea Party Movement bolder which has really been frustrated by their lack of wins so far this year. This will be a big win. I
Dana bash, mark presson and gloria borger. Dana, what happened to night . What happened to night is this was a surprise of epic proportions. This is a town where we are right now, that doesnt get phased by much. But everybody im talking to is numb. Is numb from the shock. Because even the challenger didnt really think he was going to win. He said, joking to our deidre walsh that there would be a cnn van pulling up in his drive way. But he didnt really mean it. At the end of the day, eric cantor and people that support him in general election campaigns didnt go out into the primary, didnt go out and to vote. The money he had, 5 million war chest, couldnt beat the 300,000 war chest of his unknown candidate because money cant buy enthusiasm. Mark, how broad does the fallout from this go . Very far. The local implication says that we will see a new congressman from a district north of richmond. National implications are new majority leader in congress. A new lineup of potential successors