NYT: “By definition, the majority leader of the House has the majority of incumbents to protect in an election. So it came as something of a shock when House Republicans learned that a political action committee affiliated with Representative Eric Cantor of Virginia, who currently holds that leadership slot, had donated $25,000 to a group devoted solely to taking out incumbents.”

Another snippet: “Call it the Bush v. Gore defense: this decision shall offer no precedent — and little wonder.”