Immigration probably officially DEAD

Unless Obama takes executive action nothing will happen. Cantor lost his primary to his opponent who painted him as pro amnesty and he was outspent i believe 4 to 1

via rollcall.com, thehill.com or politico.com

As for Cantor, people like Laura Ingraham and Mickey Kaus have been fighting the good fight on air and online for weeks in trying to drum up interest in his challenger, Dave Brat. For good reason: This race has, to some extent, become a referendum on amnesty, particularly Cantor’s enthusiasm for the sort of DREAM amnesty that’s now created a humanitarian crisis at the border. The better Brat does, the sterner the warning to House Republicans that an amnesty this summer could be painful this fall. Brat’s done a nice job making Cantor sweat, forcing him to spend more and fight dirtier — replete with a few well-placed bald-faced lies — than anyone expected. Realistically, though, an unknown candidate’s not beating the House majority leader in a primary. No undecided voter is going to forfeit the influence their district has in the House right now in order to roll the dice on Brat. The best we can hope for is a race that’s closer than expected, so that the GOP House caucus sits up and takes notice, but I think we’re going to end up disappointed here too. I’m guessing Cantor takes 65-70 percent, capping a glorious night for fans of immigration

I see this as a good thing. Cantor can still finish out his term and is a lMe duck for the rest of the year. He's also pissed off. He can actually do the right thing here. Even in november, the GOP just lost a powerful incumbent and that rest could very well go Democrat.

Cantor was defeated.

4-1 WAS BEATED THE H...... bye CIR bye dream act

Whelp, if he was such a great guy, CIR wouldn't have been stuck in the House for a year. We are pretty much in the same place.

Doesn't mean shit - Cantor is still in office until the start of next congress. In essence - he's a lame duck, and maybe that can push him to action. Also, my guess will be that he will at very least attempt to be a write-in candidate. Remember what happened with Sen. Murkowski in 2010? She lost the primary, however she staged a successful write-in campaign, and she won.

You honestly think any Republican after they saw what happened with Cantor would touch immigration? Keep dreaming.

Cantor outpspent his opponent by a margin of 20-1. His defeat probably means a warning for the GOP establishment. But, they didn't have courage to bring immigration legislation even before his defeat. So, even though the establishment is a lot less likely to bring any immigration legislation now, that does not really change anything in the end. Without his defeat (before his defeat), nothing really happened. With his defeat, nothing might happen. The odds are and were always against us. Although the Tea Party might be happy about it, it just means one less high-ranking House GOP member from Virginia.

How Republican is his district usually?