Eric Cantor
Where Do I Sign?
On the assumption that a good idea—even one that’s 15 years old—can never be replicated enough, Washington conservatives are hard at work designing knockoffs of Newt Gingrich’s Contract with America. Three of them, in fact. The options so far: READ MORE >>
Eric Cantor Is Almost Being Honest
Politico has the House GOP plan: READ MORE >>
How Politics Is, And Is Not, Like Football
Everybody's making football analogies these days. Ezra Klein argues that political reporters should follow the example of football, and have political specialists and policy specialists, rather than try to make their reporters do both: READ MORE >>
The Rise of Republican Nihilism
Does the Republican Party have any ideas? The query may have a familiar ring. Five years ago, the question of substance was demanded incessantly of the Democrats. Indeed, in one of those intellectual fads that periodically sweep through Washington, the political class became obsessed with the notion that conservatives had unambiguously won what everybody was calling “the war of ideas.” READ MORE >>
The Retro Man
The GOP Flip-Flop on the Doc Fix
The majority of House Republicans opposed the Democrats’ $210 billion physician payment bill--which passed this afternoon on a 243-183 vote--accusing the legislation of increasing the deficit by relying on federal borrowing through Medicare to pay for itself. READ MORE >>
Penn Palaver
Republicans Visit Israel, Hit Obama
Ha'aretz: A U.S. delegation of Republican congressmen visiting Israel on Thursday said that the Obama administration's policy on Israel is misguided, puts too much emphasis on the issue of settlements and ignores the bigger threat of a nuclear-armed Iran. Led by minority whip Eric Cantor from Virginia, the only Jewish Republican in Congress, the delegation of 25 Republicans said their weeklong mission is designed to show solidarity with Israel and promote Mideast peace. READ MORE >>
Eric Cantor's Blood-and-soil Foreign Policy
Eric Cantor appears before a Christian Zionist group and lays out his thinking, such as it is, on the Middle East: READ MORE >>
Eric Cantor's Greatest Hits, Part 3
As if it weren't already apparent, Eric Cantor--or someone on his staff--has a thing for ginning up cheesy web videos. But while I too am astounded by the AFSCME and Aerosmith bits, for its combination of wonkery, inexplicable plot, and bad acting, nothing beats this 2007 gem, made when Cantor was leading the defense against higher taxes on private equity firms. --Clay Risen READ MORE >>
