Lots of people were surprised by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's (R-Va.) loss to primary challenger David Brat on Tuesday night, but not many people celebrated with a balloon drop. Stephen Colbert did, at the start of Wednesday night's Colbert Report. Colbert (the character) was celebrating the fact that like Frankenstein's monster, the Tea Party is still alive.
There was only one real rain cloud in Colbert's parade: "I am personally offended that the man with less money won," he said. Brat's low-low-budget victory was an affront to Colbert's "golden rule of politics: He who has the gold... and that's the end of the rule." --Peter Weber
Subscribe to The Week
Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.
Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
Continue reading for free
We hope you're enjoying The Week's refreshingly open-minded journalism.
Subscribed to The Week? Register your account with the same email as your subscription.