Mourdock defeats Lugar

[Tender Branson]

The dude looks like a slightly younger and less grey version of Newt:

[Keystone Phil]

It's like the GOP don't want to be electable.

Yeah, a twice elected (re-elected with 62% of the vote) statewide official knows nothing about electability in this Republican leaning (at worst) state.

[Mechaman]

Unlike the moderate heroes polluting this thread I for one am not at all sad to see Dick Lugar go.  At the same time though, Moreduck isn't really any better.

Actually, Indiana itself is epic fail.  So yeah, nothing to see here folks.

[Frozen Sky Ever Why]

Completely disgusting, in fact this is why I'm in a constant identity crisis politically. I can't line up with this mob idiocy, I can understand wanting a strong conservative, but this is nothing more than wanting a war against the president, which isn't going to help conservative causes or getting anything substantial done.

[morgieb]

Despite all political difference, Lugar's defeat is a great loss for American politics.

[Lief 🗽]

Let's not act like Dick Lugar was some enlightened bipartisan fighter for what was right. He was basically a right-wing Republican that backed his party the vast majority of the time on their radical legislation.

[Grumpier Than Thou]

Congratulations, Tmth!

He supported Lugar...

Do we not say "Congratulations, Phil" ironically at times?

No, only when Santorum wins something.

For instance:

"Rick Santorum wins lottery"
"Congrats, Phil!"

[RogueBeaver]

Ideological reasons were a minor part of why Lugar lost. Age, residency and length of service were more like it.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/why-dick-lugar-lost/2012/05/09/gIQAj9cfCU_blog.html

[Grumpier Than Thou]

Ideological reasons were a minor part of why Lugar lost. Age, residency and length of service were more like it.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/why-dick-lugar-lost/2012/05/09/gIQAj9cfCU_blog.html

Yeah, not surprised.

[tmthforu94]

Ideological reasons were a minor part of why Lugar lost. Age, residency and length of service were more like it.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/why-dick-lugar-lost/2012/05/09/gIQAj9cfCU_blog.html

Hmm...

Let me just say this - If Dick Lugar had the voting record of say, Jim Demint, and he hadn't been respectful and friendly with Obama, he would be spending today planning how to beat Joe Donnelly in the fall.

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

Does anyone know if Dan Coats endorsed in this race?

[RogueBeaver]

Does anyone know if Dan Coats endorsed in this race?

"Let the voters decide"- same as Mike Pence.

[Svensson]

Does anyone know if Dan Coats endorsed in this race?

I believe he kept his face out of the pie.

[tmthforu94]

Does anyone know if Dan Coats endorsed in this race?

No. But he has little influence in the party anyways, so it would have made little difference.

[Keystone Phil]

Ideological reasons were a minor part of why Lugar lost. Age, residency and length of service were more like it.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/why-dick-lugar-lost/2012/05/09/gIQAj9cfCU_blog.html

Stop it! That doesn't fit the narrative!

[BigSkyBob]

Completely disgusting, in fact this is why I'm in a constant identity crisis politically. I can't line up with this mob idiocy, I can understand wanting a strong conservative, but this is nothing more than wanting a war against the president, which isn't going to help conservative causes or getting anything substantial done.

Since Lugar voted against the "conservative cause" about a quarter of the time, it most certainly furthers the "conservative cause" to replace him with a man much more apt to vote for the "conservative" position on any given issue.

Accomplishing something "substantial" requires changing business as usual in Washington. Lugar showed no interesting in changing business as usual,  while Mourdock has.

[BigSkyBob]

Ideological reasons were a minor part of why Lugar lost. Age, residency and length of service were more like it.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/why-dick-lugar-lost/2012/05/09/gIQAj9cfCU_blog.html

Hmm...

Let me just say this - If Dick Lugar had the voting record of say, Jim Demint, and he hadn't been respectful and friendly with Obama, he would be spending today planning how to beat Joe Donnelly in the fall.

The rest of the GOP Senate caucus ought to ponder this.

[○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└]

Ideological reasons were a minor part of why Lugar lost. Age, residency and length of service were more like it.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/why-dick-lugar-lost/2012/05/09/gIQAj9cfCU_blog.html

Hmm...

Let me just say this - If Dick Lugar had the voting record of say, Jim Demint, and he hadn't been respectful and friendly with Obama, he would be spending today planning how to beat Joe Donnelly in the fall.

The rest of the GOP Senate caucus ought to ponder this.

Oh yeah, it's certainly been an Obama lovefest in the Republican Senate caucus with their nonstop filibusters of everything.

[Grumpier Than Thou]

Does anyone know if Dan Coats endorsed in this race?

"Let the voters decide"- same as Mike Pence.

Great sentiment.

[nkpatel1279]

DSCC and the IN DEM Party should portray Mourdock as the character from the A-Team. Howling Mad Mourdock.

[RogueBeaver]

DSCC and the IN DEM Party should portray Mourdock as the character from the A-Team. Howling Mad Mourdock.

A guy who wells up almost as often as Boehner as howling mad? Really?

[All Along The Watchtower]

Let's not act like Dick Lugar was some enlightened bipartisan fighter for what was right. He was basically a right-wing Republican that backed his party the vast majority of the time on their radical legislation.

But because of the 1% of the time  that he voted with Democrats, he's a RINO who had to be Teabagged.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Unlike the moderate heroes polluting this thread I for one am not at all sad to see Dick Lugar go.  At the same time though, Moreduck isn't really any better.

I know Lugar was nowhere close a moderate. I acknowledge he was pretty right-wing. Yet, I always admired the man, who could stay true to his political principles and still be able to work together with his ideological opponents, when there was an agreement, without hateful hackery and drama, that now is obviously required for all GOP candidates.

Frankly, Mecha, I prefer to have a Lugar Republican over some another useless Evan Bayh representing Indiana. Not to mention another teabagger.

[BigSkyBob]

Let's not act like Dick Lugar was some enlightened bipartisan fighter for what was right. He was basically a right-wing Republican that backed his party the vast majority of the time on their radical legislation.

But because of the 1% of the time  that he voted with Democrats, he's a RINO who had to be Teabagged.

Or was 23% a more accurate estimate?

[tpfkaw]

Let's not act like Dick Lugar was some enlightened bipartisan fighter for what was right. He was basically a right-wing Republican that backed his party the vast majority of the time on their radical legislation.

But because of the 1% of the time  that he voted with Democrats, he's a RINO who had to be Teabagged.

Or was 23% a more accurate estimate?

That's actually a substantial underestimate, Lugar voted with Republicans 77% of the time but Democrats and Republicans vote together most of the time too.