House majority leader eric cantor announced an hour and a half ago that hes stepping down from his majority post. A stunning defeat at the hands of a tea party backed economic professor. Thethe republicans will choose his successor next week. I said it three or four times now, an unprecedented loss. We heard from cantor about 90 minutes or so ago. What did he have to say . Reporter first of all he thanked his constituents for their support for his term of service for the past 13 and a half years. He was elected in 2001. He refused to speculate as to the reasons of his defeat. He said he would leave that up to the analysis. He would resign his post effective july 31st. None of the analysts saw this coming. It was a shock. Here is a seventerm congressman with a wellfunded war chest, 5 million. He goes down in defeat to an unknown College Professor who spent 120,000 to win the primary election. The first time in history that sit a sitting majority leader of any party has gone down in defe
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