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- Did meddling Democrats defeat Eric Cantor?
Former Rep. Ben Jones, a Georgia Democrat who played 'Cooter' on 'Dukes of Hazzard,' claims he was instrumental in Rep. Eric Cantor's defeat. Last weekend, Jones posted a letter online calling on Democrats to vote in the Virginia primary. The letter went viral.
- After Eric Cantor ouster, a skittish GOP and perhaps more gridlock
House GOP is knocked for a loop by the defeat of No. 2 Republican Eric Cantor, who plans to step down as majority leader July 31. None of it bodes well for congressional accomplishment, analysts say.
- Eric Cantor loss: What happened there?
Rep. Eric Cantor, the No. 2 House Republican, appears to have failed to turn out his voters in Virginia's Seventh District. David Brat's supporters did not. Cantor's team may have ignored trouble signs earlier this year.
- Eric Cantor upset stuns GOP, revives tea party
The pacification of the tea party movement had settled into conventional wisdom in the 2014 campaign season. An outsize victory by unknown David Brat over Rep. Eric Cantor, the No. 2 House Republican, upends that view.
- Bowe Bergdahl swap: why Obama can't get Congress onboard
President Obama has sent officials to Capitol Hill several times to try to calm concerns about the Bowe Bergdahl swap. But Congress is still mad – and not just Republicans. Here's why.