He Fights

There are a lot of reasons to support Eric Cantor for VP.  There's the usual lines:  he raises money, he's young, he's Jewish, etc etc etc.  But the real reason I support Eric Cantor is that he fights.  The arguments for and against are what they are, but Eric Cantor has been one of the very few members of Congress who has consistently battled the Democrat Congress at every stage and in every capacity he can.  He fights the good fight in the trenches, in the House of Representatives where America's Mother-in-Law rules.  

But more than simply throwing hands, Cantor works just as hard to craft the GOP message, and his message is one that not enough of our candidates are embracing.  A promotion to VP would allow John McCain to elbow room in Congress where Cantor can get to work with Republicans setting strategy.  Riley, Shaun, and J.R. all have weighed in on Cantor for Veep.

Today I saw that some of the wagging tongues out there don't think much of a Cantor run with McCain, but JR takes care of that problem with this missive that nails it:

Cantor was elected to the House of Delegates in Virginia in 1991.  Barrack Obama was elected to the Illinois Senate in 1996, five years later.

Cantor was elected to US Congress in 2000, and has subsequently been re-elected in 2002, 2004, and 2006.  Obama was elected to the US Senate in 2004, and has never faced re-election. 

But in many ways, we are looking for the wrong thing in a running-mate.  Republicans this year, and I've been guilty of it, have begun to get swallowed in the politics of personality - looking for someone to fix one problem or another.  But what we need is a team with a vision that can fight.  McCain has a vision for the world, and Cantor has a vision for the Republican Party that right now seem to wed quite happily now.  Cantor brings the Republicans vision and fight; something that is more important than trying to triangulate women, minorities, older voters, younger voters, and however else pundits want to slice and dice the electorate.  We win when we have a message.  The message unites the party, and draws voters to our candidates.  Instead of trying to play to parts of the electorate through Democrat-style insincere gestures, simply put two guys out there the party and the country can believe in.

THAT is what Eric Cantor brings to the ticket.

Comments

[Marc]

Cantor, for VP. I will vote republican for the first time if McCain brings on Cantor as VP. Lets do it McCain!