House Majority Leader, and RINO, Eric Cantor appears to be moving toward the center as he tries to unite the House around issues in which Republicans and Democrats can find common ground. "The growing realization around here is that the differences [between the parties] are still there, but that doesn't mean we can't focus on the things that bring us together," Cantor told The Washington Post. "The public is looking for someone who has their back." So Cantor has my back?
The RINO from Virginia has pretty much completely abandoned his push for major cuts to federal programs and he has instead moved toward pushing for more funding for pediatric cancer research, talking about solutions to urban poverty and education reforms. He has also been working, behind the scenes of course, to get House Republicans to support legislation that would allow some illegal immigrants that were brought across the border as children to become legal residents.
However, more than a few of the more conservative members of the House have made it known that they’re a bit skeptical of the shift. "Those of us who elected Eric expected him to be a lot more aggressive than he is right now," said Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher of California. Cantor's Tea Party primary opponent Randolf-Macon College economics professor David Brat has called him an "Obama ally and amnesty's staunchest proponent," according to the Post. I’d say that’s pretty accurate.
Cantor does at least appear to continue challenging Barry and he did recently help to pass the Enforce the Law Act followed by a report on Barry's "imperial presidency." "The administration has engaged in a series of ad hoc announcements that ignore statutory deadlines, waive unwaivable provisions of the law, and even create benefits not authorized in law," Cantor said in the report. But I still don’t trust him, as this kind of stuff is likely nothing more than window dressing intended to distract.
Cantor, I think, is what can be said to be the perfect example of those identified as ‘Establishment Republicans’. Frankly I have no idea if he was once someone that could be characterized as being a conservative. But there’s one thing for sure, and that’s that right now, today, he most certainly is not. And I would hope that those in his district will be voting for Prof. David Brat in the primary election. Cantor is no longer deserving of the public’s trust. He seeks to advance no one’s agenda but his own. He needs to be replaced.
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