Like most political observers, I was shocked by the news last night that Majority Leader Eric Cantor had lost the Republican primary for his Virginia 7th district house seat to David Brat, a complete unkown. It was an extremely unexpected result and immediately resulted in jockeying on Capitol Hill to replace Cantor in the Republican leadership.
There are many others far more well versed in conservative circles and right-wing politics who can explain the dynamics that led to his defeat and what the fallout will be.
What I do want to talk about is the strange way that Democrats are interpreting and overreacting to this, as they typically do to instances of Republican infighting.
