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Title: Some Diehards, After Christie, Look To Cantor
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Politico
URL Source: http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensm ... ie_look_to_Cantor.html?showall
Published: Oct 4, 2011
Author: Ben Smith
Post Date: 2011-10-04 15:49:12 by Brian S
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Views: 2222
Comments: 2
Chris Christie's departure has left most of the Republican Party resigned to a choice between Mitt Romney and Rick Perry, but there are holdouts, and some of those holdouts are, I'm told, carrying a torch for a new figure: Eric Cantor. The House Majority Leader, subject of a big New York Magazine profile this week, has given no indication at all that he'd run for president, and this seems extremely unlikely to change. Nonetheless: "You’ve got a lot of the same guys who were looking at Christie who still thinks there’s an opening," said a prominent Republican operative. "A lot of their attention is focused on Eric. He’s telegenic, the president is elevating his profile, and he’s somebody that serious people feel could enter into this race and fill some of the gaps." Cantor's base among pro-Israel and Jewish donors — many of whom were holding out hope for Christie — is particularly enthused. "I want somebody who I know is pro-business, who I know is pro-Israel, who I know is a leader, as opposed to somebody who just tells me he is," said Barry Sobel, an Atlanta banker and Cantor admirer and donor who supported Rudy Giuliani in 2008. "Whether as president or vice president, I would be excited either way. The only problem if he runs is I’d have to quit my job and start campaigning," he said. A Cantor spokesman said he hadn't heard the chatter.
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#1. To: Brian S (#0)
Will Americans submit to these young Nazis, the way the Germany unfortunately did in the 1930s? I hope not.
They already have. They voted for oBUMa.
DUMMY DwarF: ...I'm eating a meatball... "Whenver the dwarf sees something negative about a Democrat, he tries to change the topic of the thread to something else. Usually a personal attack, followed by mutterings about correct 'grammar' 'spelling' whatever. Anything he can think of to avoid a discussion about a Democrat screwing up or looking bad. It's a decade long pattern." --Badeye observation--
#2. To: Ferret Mike (#1)
Will Americans submit to these young Nazis, the way the Germany unfortunately did in the 1930s? I hope not.
Capitalist Eric: Foreplay before the president's staff?
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