Cantor Campaign Breakfast

Over 1200 people showed up for Eric Cantor’s campaign breakfast March 5, 2010. They were greeted with the title of a new campaign video, “What a Difference a Year Makes.” Barbara Comstock, delegate from Virginia’s 34th district, served as EmCee. Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling and AG Ken Cuccinelli were on hand, with most of the Republican state legislature’s delegation.

The brief campaign video highlighted Cantor’s increasing status in the GOP. The video included clips from a skit on Saturday Night Live in which he was depicted, and his “honor” of being chosen by a low-rated cable television host (Olbermann) as the “worst person in the world,” as well as photos from Capitol Hill and the Republican Roundup.

Cantor’s speech delivery was low-keyed, but his words set out night-and-day differences between Republicans and Democrats. A few excerpts:

“The Democratic agenda in Washington is a systematic attempt to remake America into the image of Europe.” “The greatness of America lies not in the redistribution of wealth but the creation of greater and greater wealth, benefitting all.” “Simply put, we have to stop borrowing and spending so much money! As government shrinks, the private sector will grow, creating droves of new jobs.”

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Jane Dudley

Jane Dudley has enjoyed conservatism and photography for over 30 years. After looking around at the mediocre state of affairs of political photography as it exists on the right, she decided to start making better images, to document Virginia Republicans and to inspire them to make more of an effort to put a fine face on their fine ideas. She is a graduate of the University of Virginia and works in new media.