Army vet takes on Cantor!
Making some news, getting some decent coverage!
Democrats who run against Rep. Eric Cantor in Virginias 7th district usually share a fate: a double-digit November loss.
Richmond attorney Wayne Powell knows that might be his fate this year, too. Cantors a formidable opponent with millions of dollars in campaign cash, a high profile and clout in Washington.
But Powell decided to try anyway, running as this years Democrat against the GOP majority leader in the district that includes Spotsylvania, Culpeper, Orange and Louisa counties. . .
Powell says hes running because hes frustrated with Congressthe partisanship, the refusal to talk to one another, the unwillingness to compromise, the brinkmanshipand he blames Cantor for fostering such an intransigent environment.
The tipping point, Powell said, was possibly last year when his sona major in the U.S. Army, now serving in Afghanistangot an email warning him his paychecks might stop while Congress held up a bill to avoid a government shutdown over a fight on an amendment to defund Planned Parenthood.
Weve got this dysfunctional group thats totally dedicated to this social agenda and willing to let this country dissolve, Powell said. Eric Cantor symbolizes a lot of the dysfunction.
http://blogs.fredericksburg.com/newsdesk/2012/08/26/army-vet-takes-on-cantor/