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welcome to "crossfire." i'm s.e. cupp on the right. >> i'm stephanie cutter on the left. in the "crossfire" tonight, top democratic republican strategists. eric cantor is the first majority leader ever defeated in a primary. it's hard to feel sorry for him. contribute to the first ever downgrade of america's credit rating, orchestrated the government shutdown and has been a thorn in speaker boehner's side any time he tried to compromise with the president. here's the scariest news. apparently he wasn't conservative enough for today's republican party. the tea party's purity tests are changing the very definition of what it means to be a republican and now with cantor's defeat, republicans have moved so far to the mainstream they are in danger of making themselves a permanent minority party incapable of winning back the white house. as a democratic operative, i might think that's good news. but as an american, it's not. because it means washington's dysfunction and republican obstruction will only get worse. >> well, i'm going to agree with you on one thing that evric