Virginia-7: Here the People Rule

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Around 7:00 p.m. this evening, as the polls closed in Virginia’s 7th Congressional District, and as a populist, anti-Big Government and anti-Big Business challenger was about to record an amazing upset of the House majority leader in the GOP primary, an email arrived in TWS inboxes.  It was from the White House Press Office, and consisted of the “DAILY GUIDANCE FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT” for Wednesday, June 11:

In the morning, the Vice President will attend the Presidential Daily Briefing in the Oval Office.
In the afternoon, the Vice President will travel to New York. At 1:45 PM, the Vice President will deliver the keynote address at the North American Energy Summit in New York City. This event at Goldman Sachs is open press.
Afterwards, the Vice President will return to Washington, DC.

Perfect. GOP voters go for Main Street and Middle America and against crony capitalism. As one politician told me tonight, “Fairly or unfairly, voters in VA-7 thought Eric Cantor represented K Street and Wall Street, not them.”  

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