Stephen Colbert cheers Eric Cantor's loss, rues Dave Brat's cheap victory

Stephen Colbert cheers Eric Cantor&#039;s loss, rues Dave Brat&#039;s cheap victory

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last updated 8 January 2015

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

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.