[VIDEO] The GOP Says, “Yes We Cantor!”
It’s not all that uncommon to read glowing praise for Republican Whip and conservative dreamboat Eric Cantor in the pages of JBdotC. We all think he’s simply the cat’s pajamas. But when a democrat activist group like “the New York Times” even has nice things to say aboot him, you know people are starting to take notice.
They wrote aboot the comparison between Cantor and another conservative upstart, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, who before he was the former speaker, he was the former Republican Whip, and led the charge against a Bill Clinton spending bill the same way Cantor has the troops against Dear Leader.
So sayeth the Times…
As Republicans confronted President Obama in another budget battle last week, their leadership included another new face: Representative Eric Cantor of Virginia, who as the party’s chief vote wrangler is as responsible as anyone for the tough line the party has taken in this first legislative standoff with Mr. Obama. This battle has vaulted Mr. Cantor to the front lines of his party as it tries to recover from the losses of November.
As Republican whip, Mr. Cantor succeeded again on Friday in denying the White House the support of a single House Republican on the stimulus bill. That was a calculated challenge to the president, who, in his weekly address on Saturday, hailed the bill as “an ambitious plan at a time we badly need it.”
Mr. Cantor said he had studied Mr. Gingrich’s years in power and had been in regular touch with him as he sought to help his party find the right tone and message. Indeed, one of Mr. Gingrich’s leading victories in unifying his caucus against Mr. Clinton’s package of tax increases to balance the budget in 1993 has been echoed in the events of the last few weeks.
This was only the first battle, so we still have to see if Eric “Yes We” Cantor can still hold the line in the upcoming fights over socialized healthcare and with Dear Leaders big kickback to labor bosses (i.e. “Card Check”). Personally speaking, I think he should look towards a coalition with the 47 moderate to conservative Democrats who wrote to President Pelosi recently and told her in so many words, “cut the shit or we walk.”
But I do like what I see so far.
UPDATE: Add this to the list of upcoming fights…
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I for one appreciate Eric Cantor’s candor. He actually spoke substantively when responding to each inteviewer. A quality that is not extant among politicians.