NEWSMAX: An outspoken tea party-backed Republican lawmaker on Friday opened his campaign for the No. 2 leadership post in the House of Representatives against a top deputy of Speaker John Boehner in a bid to boost conservatives’ influence in the party.
Raul Labrador of Idaho said he would run for the House Majority Leader job in a special leadership election scheduled for Thursday next week after Eric Cantor of Virginia announced he was stepping down following his shock primary election defeat on Tuesday to a tea party movement activist.
Labrador, 46, will vie against Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the third-ranking House Republican, who had emerged as a strong candidate this week after two more-conservative challengers dropped out of the race… (more)
