Finally, National Journal has released its ratings for Lugar,
In their schema he as a conservative rating of 63.7, with almost all Republican Senators having higher ratings.
Waiting on Americans for Democratic Action to get their act together.
But if you look at the breakdown, you'll see that pretty much the only reason he appears to be so moderate is his stance on foreign policy issues. He's to the right of the party center on economic issues and slightly to the left of it on social issues. Pretty conservative for a Republican in an Obama state, no?