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House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) emphasized his independence from a super PAC founded by former aides after that group invested on behalf of Sen. Richard Lugar in Tuesday's Indiana primary.
Cantor sought to distance himself from the intraparty battle between Lugar and state Treasurer Richard Mourdock, who appears poised to unseat the veteran senator in today's primary.
"First of all I have not gotten involved in that race, and this is an outside group that I have no control over," Cantor told NBC News.
Politico reported last monththat the Young Guns Network, the Super PAC and 501(c)3 spearheaded by former aides to Cantor and Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) spent $100,000 on mailers in support of Lugar.
The ad buy upset many conservative Republicans who had looked to Mourdock as a more palatable alternative to the relatively more moderate Lugar.
Cantor declined to actively endorse Lugar on Tuesday saying, “I think our party is a party of ideas and we're out there in an active debate over the direction of this country. But one thing that brings us all together is that this government has grown entirely too big and we have an impending deficit and debt situation that we have got to address.”
A GOP campaign operative called Cantor’s move “wise” and said any further connection to Lugar would “hurt him with the activist base of the party.”
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Would you expect anything less out of the opportunistic weasel?
Talk about throwing someone under the bus?
Eric wants to make sure it backs up over him...
With friends like Cantor who needs enemies?
What happened Eric? You used to be friends! I guess the only real friends are those freshman tea party jacka$$e$ until they fall out of favor for once and for all. You want to go down in history as the guy who stole Medicare and Social Security. You had better crank up those death panels if this is the path you want to take. Heck, all the Grinch stole was Christmas. You want to steal people's lives and give the savings to billionaires.
Feisty--why do I think I could gild the lily? You always say what I want to say and just the way I want to say it. Does anyone really REALLY believe these guys when they disavow any knowledge or connection to these "outside group" hatchet jobs? If so, contact me right away--I have a piece of soggy land for sale, cheap!
Thanks opajack!
Great minds tend to think alike! ;o)
Lugar would have won in the general election in November--A slam dunk for the Republicans. With Mourdock...not so much. This Republican senate seat is now up for grabs. And Cantor is pandering to his base.
With both Murdock and Pence running for the Senate and Governor respectively, the Tea Party will be out in force. But the majority voters in Indiana are not Tea Partiers.
I'll put my nickel on Joe Donnelly the next Senator from Indiana.
With friends like carrot top, you can get the best meals at truck stops..... give it up carrot top. We all have an agenda, eh? jeez!
Gosh one of these days carrot top will blow a gasket over these dastardly Republicans... sure hope she doesn't do it when the drivers are eating!
There may be other more pressing issues facing the country but we can count on old carrot top to focus on the real issues, lol!
The Bible says: 'We mock what we fear'
I'd say carrot top is terrified of Cantor! Cantor? lol
“hurt him with the activist base of the party.”
Activist base, aka, rightwing kookoos.
WOW is this an example of what they call a buddy fuc#er or what? Cantor bailing out on his so call friend. But don't worry Cantor will be history also so they both can sit at home and wonder what the hell happened.
OBAMA/BIDEN 2012
That must be what "friendly fire" is all about. Never have your back to Cantor.