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Get ready for Operation Cantor
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... The White House has decided that they’ve run out of distraction value with Rush Limbaugh and have a new target set for their attack machine.  Politico reports that the Rahm Emanuel-David Axelrod Perpetual Campaign Squad has its sights set on Rep. Eric Cantor, the rising Republican star: For all the focus on the king of conservative talk, Democrats may have found a more important villain in House Minority Whip Eric Cantor, a telegenic young Republican trying to bring life to his party on Capitol Hill. As the Virginia Republican fights President Barack Obama and the Democratic ...

This week on Capitol Hill
The Reaction — ... that declares McCain "does not want the President to fail," even though his opposition is major in several areas. House Minority Whip, Eric Cantor (R-VA) appears to lead the obstructionist tactics of the minority, fighting President Obama at every turn. Democrats will rely heavily on the ...

Eric Cantor Added To White House “Enemies List”
Pat Dollard | Young Americans — Politico: Democrats’ new villain: Eric Cantor By PATRICK O’CONNOR Forget Rush Limbaugh. For all the focus on the king of conservative talk, Democrats may have found a more important villain in House Minority Whip Eric Cantor, a telegenic young Republican trying to bring life to his party on Capitol Hill. As the Virginia Republican fights President Barack Obama and the Democratic majority on everything from spending to stem cells, the Democrats are racing to introduce him to voters before he ...

The Face of the GOP According to Democrats
Sound Politics — The Face of the GOP According to Democrats So, let me get this straight. Democrats, who were just recently trying to prop up a highly controversial (though obviously successful), overweight, balding, old guy in Rush Limbaugh as the supposed leader of the Republican party, are now trying to highlight Eric Cantor instead , an articulate, soft-spoken, younger, bespectacled fellow who comes across as the antithesis of many negative stereotypes of Congressional Republicans? That's an in-kind contribution to the RNC as far as this blogger is concerned. Posted by Eric Earling at ...

Mitch McConnell Just Wants to Say 'Yes' to Obama
Politics Daily — ... The "party of 'no'" theme is being hammered home by Democrats, of course. On the House side, Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., appears to have the dubious honor of being "Mr. No"... ...

Pitney: The Next Enemy
Articles on National Review Online — ... Democrats won t find profitable enemies in the GOP congressional leadership. Unlike Gingrich, John Boehner and Mitch McConnell do not have a habit of making incendiary comments. And because the Democrats have such strong majorities in both chambers, they cannot claim that the minority leaders wield terrifying power. Their web ads sniff that the Republicans lack alternative programs, a claim that will hardly motivate the townsfolk to grab their pitchforks and torches. There was some talk that they might focus on House Republican Whip Eric Cantor. But going after the House GOP ...