Brad Dayspring, Eric Cantor's Top Aide, Resigns

Brad Dayspring, top aide to Majority Leader Eric Cantor, abruptly resigned from his position Friday, Politico reports.

“Brad has decided to move on,” Cantor Chief of Staff Steve Stombres told Politico. “He has been a valuable member of our team and I wish him nothing but the best.”

Dayspring helped Cantor rise in the Republican ranks by using aggressive tactics and embracing both new and old media. The New York Times labeled Dayspring "Cantor's Rasputin of retort" thanks to his quick Twitter responses to Obama's speeches.

Before working for Cantor, Dayspring worked for then-House Budget Chairman John Kasich (R-Ohio) and held a position in the White House during George W. Bush's presidency.

UPDATE: According to National Journal, Dayspring will leave to join a super PAC aimed at raising and spending money for House Republican candidates.

Earlier on HuffPost:

Comments

[vidian6]

01:22 PM on 03/07/2012

Rat's jumping from a sinking ship

[gDogMan]

09:43 AM on 03/05/2012

Po Erwic, you're just a stepping stone. Nobody else sees your political ambitions as being remotely realistic or your tactics as being remotely in support of your country, your party or your species. ;-)

[Janet Anderson]

08:21 AM on 03/05/2012

There oughta be a law ........

[Bobbito]

06:46 AM on 03/05/2012

Rumor has it that Dayspring ( what is this guy, a freakin daily planner )? Left because could no longer tolerate working for someone with neither sideburns nor morals....

[sf omega man]

03:15 AM on 03/05/2012

Great. Now Cantor won't know when to smile.

This is gonna be awkward.

[DanielSC]

10:46 PM on 03/04/2012

If he comes out of the closet tomorrow... I am gonna be ticked off!

[RitaS]

10:30 PM on 03/04/2012

Hmm... I wonder what secrets about Cantor he might reveal, unless of course he's been paid to 'say nothing'.......

[fullofmitt]

08:58 PM on 03/04/2012

What a farce..this guy leaves Cantor as Cantor endorses Romney..and guess which Super Pac he goes to work for? The one that backs Romney! The "revolving door" once again slapped American voters in the chops!

[fullofmitt]

09:03 PM on 03/04/2012

To clarify....that Super Pac backs Romney..and other Republican congressional candidates as well!

[Bobbito]

08:42 PM on 03/04/2012

Cantor will go down in History as the failed pallid dwarf whose 15 minutes of fame involved him cowering behind the notebooks containing the health bill in one of the numerous
"Bi-Partisan"meetings the toadies of the GOP staged with Obama.......

[TeeLolly]

07:58 PM on 03/04/2012

Dayspring will leave to join a super PAC aimed at raising and spending money for House Republican candidates.

No doubt Dayspring's new position will raise Dayspring's income by a substantial amount as well ...

[gDogMan]

09:46 AM on 03/05/2012

it can't be helped

when you roll around all day in dirty money, it just sticks to you ;-)

[keywindup]

06:51 PM on 03/04/2012

Can't wait for his tell all book.

[gDogMan]

09:46 AM on 03/05/2012

the one he has already been paid not to write?

[keywindup]

10:10 AM on 03/05/2012

You betcha.

[mscddspc]

06:51 PM on 03/04/2012

It's only a matter of time until everyone finds out what a lunatic Cantor has become.

[pssdov]

05:58 PM on 03/04/2012

He learned his craft from one of the best, and now Dayspring is off to do what so many others have done-cash in on his connections. He'll make obscene "consulting fees" and will soon be a registered lobbyist, guaranteed. Slimy.

[scottwarhar]

05:23 PM on 03/04/2012

Mr.Cantor speaks in the new Teaplublican dialect of rhetoric and talking points.I have yet to hear this man advance one positive plan for working Americans as he endorses the agenda of promoting the tramsfer of wealth to the top.Before the government can give emergency aid to those in need it must have cuts to those in need.Now his spokesperson goes to work for a super pac of wealthy donors and I wonder what they will spend to get him reelected.The smell just gets more powerful by the minute.

[sfkjeld]

10:53 AM on 03/06/2012

He has a plan and it is the same as the rest of the GOP, move wealth to the top. Rising tide raises all ships. And somehow today, a large part of the middle class continues to swallow it in absence of any evidence whatsoever.

[dvw747]

05:11 PM on 03/04/2012

brad dayspring a slithering ground crawler, "cantors rasputin of retort", no wonder cantor aways have that stupid look on his face. Better recognize cantor,who your friends are or ron paul will certainly change that stupid look on your face.