SHOCK poll: Eric Cantor (R) in primary trouble !?

[ag]

is it possible for him to run as an independent a la Murkowski or Lieberman?

He can do a write in like Murkowski, but he cant run as a independent.

The district is very Republican, but not so Republican that him getting any traction would keep it safe. It would be a crazy thing for him to attempt.

[ag]

It would be smart for the the Dems nationwide, at this point, to embrace the likes of Cochran and Cantor. Whether Cantor was or was not a moderate is irrelevant: he has to be a moderate now, at least in the Dems telling of it. The narrative should be: Republicans are killing off their moderates, those who are trying to make things work. Whether the local candidate is moderate or not, he will be in the caucus with the Brats and McDaniels. It will not hurt the actual Brats and McDaniels, of course, but it can build a narrative useful in more moderate places.

[ag]

So apparently Brat's campaign manager is...well...read for yourselves
http://news.yahoo.com/brat-campaign-manager-scrubs-facebook-page-after-election-173536113.html

He also has some pretty unorthodox economic views, especially for someone who is...err...an economics professor:
http://wonkwire.rollcall.com/2014/06/11/brat-says-bernanke-failed-underestimated-protestants/

I don't know if it is unorthodox for an economics professor, but it's clearly inspired by the work of Max Weber. 

It's honestly the sort of argument I'd expect from the sociologist in this race, not the economist. I don't mean that in a disparaging way at all--I have a higher opinion of sociology than of economics as an academic discipline, overall--but it's just not the sort of theory I'd expect to see come from an economics department.

It is coming from a theological seminary in this case

[ag]

He also has some pretty unorthodox economic views, especially for someone who is...err...an economics professor:
http://wonkwire.rollcall.com/2014/06/11/brat-says-bernanke-failed-underestimated-protestants/

I wonder, if he's ever been to South Africa )

[ag]

So apparently Brat's campaign manager is...well...read for yourselves
http://news.yahoo.com/brat-campaign-manager-scrubs-facebook-page-after-election-173536113.html

He also has some pretty unorthodox economic views, especially for someone who is...err...an economics professor:
http://wonkwire.rollcall.com/2014/06/11/brat-says-bernanke-failed-underestimated-protestants/

I don't know if it is unorthodox for an economics professor, but it's clearly inspired by the work of Max Weber. 

It's honestly the sort of argument I'd expect from the sociologist in this race, not the economist. I don't mean that in a disparaging way at all--I have a higher opinion of sociology than of economics as an academic discipline, overall--but it's just not the sort of theory I'd expect to see come from an economics department.

It is coming from a theological seminary in this case

Randolph Macon College has a good religious studies program and is institutionally affiliated with the United Methodist Church, but it is not a theological seminary - it's a liberal arts college. When I visited there as a prospective student I got the impression of a beautiful campus with great professors, and students who were world-class experts in the consumption of booze.  There isn't generally a strong religious emphasis unless you seek it out.

Brat has a degree from Princeton Theological Seminary. I think ag is saying that those views are rooted in his religious education and not as much his economics education.

Exactly