Does Cantor have fuzzy math?

We noted in an earlier blog item that Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., said he had 140 votes supporting his bid for House majority whip, and we wondered if Rep. Todd Tiahrt, R-Goddard — who also wants the No. 3 leadership job — knew something Cantor didn’t know. Here is what Tiahrt said today: “I have personally spoken to more than two-thirds of the 232 members in the conference, and well over half of them are firmly undecided. When you take that number, in addition to the firm commitments for Mike Rogers, R-Mich., Zack Wamp, R-Tenn. (other candidates vying for the job) and I, Mr. Cantor’s numbers simply do not add up.” Tiahrt’s candidacy also got a boost this week when he was endorsed by Paul Weyrich, chairman of the conservative Free Congress Foundation.
Posted by Phillip Brownlee

7 Comments

  1. Ben Huie
    Posted January 13, 2006 at 1:04 pm | Permalink

    Maybe their math here is the same math they use to balance the budget.

  2. writerdog
    Posted January 13, 2006 at 4:04 pm | Permalink

    Or give a tax break?

  3. ksfarmgrrl
    Posted January 13, 2006 at 4:37 pm | Permalink

    Or to count votes in Florida.

  4. Rage
    Posted January 13, 2006 at 6:24 pm | Permalink

    Or the vote tallies on a Diebold voting machine.

    Or the number of needed voting machines in ‘urban’ Ohio.

  5. Rage
    Posted January 13, 2006 at 6:27 pm | Permalink

    This just in: Cantor reports that he has a transfinite majority. . .

  6. DUBYA
    Posted January 13, 2006 at 7:12 pm | Permalink

    AS LONG AS TANKER TOOD BEHAVES AND DOES EVERYTHING I TELL HIM TO DO I’LL SUPPORT HIM FOR WHIP. HECK, I MIGHT EVEN THROW IN SOME CHAINS!

  7. Joe Williams
    Posted January 13, 2006 at 8:28 pm | Permalink

    or lawsuits in Ohio! Or dead people in Washington State! ;)