36,110 vs. 11 million | National Catholic Reporter

36,110 vs. 11 million | National Catholic Reporter by MSW.  MGB: The decision to hold up the Senate immigration bill has always been Boehners. Rachel Maddow tonite pointed out that the latest PPP poll had the Virgnia 7th as rather open to immigration reform, includign the Republicans.  There are other reasons that Cantor lost.  The first is that he ran ads, lots of them, mentioning his opponent by name - essentially giving him free air.  Cantor should have had no air game at all.The second thing that might have happened is that former Congressman Ben Jones (a Democrat) had members of the local Democratic community cross over and vote against Cantor - which is supported by higher than expected turnout.  If this can be verified, kiss open primaries in Virginia goodbye.  Finally, the perception put forward by Brat was that Cantor was a national figure who forget the adage by Tip O'Neal that all poliltics is local.  Indeed, man on the street interviews on the election seem to show this is the truest reason.  In other words, Cantor deserved to lose, since as the leader of the obstruction, the unpopularity of Congress reflected back onto him.  Maybe he should have let immigration - and many other things, pass - or maybe he should have followed Joe Biden's example and commuted by Amtrack every day.  He could not have been an effective leader, but he would still have his seat.