Non-Republican voters may not have carried the day for David Brat’s victory against Eric Cantor in Virginia’s 7th District, but were they a factor?  The Huffington Post published an open letter from former congressman Ben “Cooter” Jones days before the primary urging Democrats, libertarians, and Independents to take advantage of the open primary and exercise their right to vote.  Was Cooter’s silly get-out- the-vote call taken seriously? Now with the scoop coming from the left that Brat will be easier to beat in the fall than Cantor, it appears that something is going on.  Brat’s colleague, Randolph-Macon Sociology Professor Jack Trammel, is in the race, and some Democrats along with hard-left radicals are gearing up for a fight. Interestingly, Trammel got in just under the wire.  Up until June 8, there was no Democrat on the ballot for the VA 7th District in November, so whoever won the Republican primary on June 10 would...(Read Full Post)