“Richard G. Lugar, a six-term Republican senator from Indiana, lost his bid to stay in office after his Tea Party-backed rival questioned his conservative credentials and accused Mr. Lugar of losing touch with Indiana and its voters,” according to the New York Times.
“Richard E. Mourdock, the state’s treasurer, defeated Mr. Lugar in the Republican primary on Tuesday, according to networks and The Associated Press. Mr. Mourdock will face Joe Donnelly, a Democratic member of the House, in November.
“The results of the primary end the career of one of the longest-serving members of the Senate and provide a new trophy for the Tea Party movement. Mr. Lugar, 80, leaves after three decades as one of the chamber’s leading foreign policy experts and with a reputation as a voice of moderation in his party.
The rest of the article is here.
As for his opponent? “The polling has long shown that moderate Democratic candidate Joe Donnelly, a former small business owner and House member from the South Bend area, had no shot against Lugar but does stand a chance against Mourdock, a tea party favorite with big-dollar support from the Club for Growth, the National Rifle Association and FreedomWorks,” the Washington Post reports.
Sound familiar?
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Bumper sticker idea:
“We-The-Hoosiers Tea Party — helping Republicans snatch defeat from the jaws of victory since 2009.”
Waiting to hear from the pundits/analyists on this election. Who will moderate (sensible) Republicans turn to in Nov.? Romney has never been a conservative of tea part destrctiveness and mindlessness. (Although he surely is a Changling). I have many relatives–in fact most of them–living in MA, and the health care plan is not unpopular. He never could have been elected–Scott Brown either–if they shared tea principals.
I am amazed the the Republican party nationally would not rally behind Senator Lugar. He is truly the dean of foreign policy in the Republican Senate, and has been one of the few Senators who could work across party lines to reach consensus ( I know that is a dirty word to some) on the toughest foreign policy issues. It is a sad day in our country when people of good will who trust in relationships to get things done are penalized by an angry mob.