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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLooks like Lugar's seat will go democratic.
I mean, look at this far-right wack job!
In what was an expected outcome, but still one that is a bit shocking, tea party-aligned candidate Richard Mourdock defeated Sen. Richard Lugar in the Indiana Republican primary on Tuesday. Mourdock is the state's treasurer and he hasn't spent much time on the national scene, but it's clear that he's one of the most extreme right-wing candidates running in the 2012 elections. Let's take a closer look...
http://crooksandliars.com/kenneth-quinnell/meet-extremist-took-out-richard-l
brooklynite
(94,572 posts)The race gets competetive, and maybe even moves into "Tossup" territory, but unlik O'Donnell or Angle, Mourdock has the support of most of the Party structure in Indiana, and won't have a problem raising money.
FSogol
(45,485 posts)Are there any polls yet?
brooklynite
(94,572 posts)...but burned through most of that in his Primary race. Expect a major effort to reload.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)brooklynite
(94,572 posts)WI_DEM
(33,497 posts)ProudToBeBlueInRhody
(16,399 posts)Pffft......
lastlib
(23,236 posts)....cases in point:
George W. Bush (twice)
Ronald Reagan (twice)
Dan Quayle
Jesse Helms
Strom Thurmond
Phil Gramm
Michelle Bachmann
Allen West
Dan Burton
Rick Perry
(add your own troglodyte idiot here)
......
Lint Head
(15,064 posts)Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)provis99
(13,062 posts)Donnelly doesn't stand a chance; that Senate seat is going teabagger.
LiberalFighter
(50,928 posts)Blue Dog Evan Bayh won as Secretary of State, 2 terms as Governor, 2 terms as Senator.
Real Democrat Frank O'Bannon won as Governor 2 terms immediately after Bayh.
Lukewarm Joe Kernan might have beaten Daniels if he had only been in the race from the beginning instead of bowing out and then getting back in.
Obama won Indiana the first time since 1964.
Labor and teachers are motivated because of legislation attacking them in Indiana.
Women are more motivated.
DefenseLawyer
(11,101 posts)And yes, it is a Republican leaning state but it went for Obama in 08 and elected Evan Bayh and Frank O'Bannon twice each for Governor and Bayh twice, quite handily, to the Senate. Leans republican, most definitely, but the tiny sliver of Republicans that vote in a Primary isn't really reflective of the Republican Party here, much less the electorate as a whole. There are just as many "old time" Republicans here as there are Tea-Baggers. In addition the Democratic strongholds, Indianapolis and "the Region" have a great numerical advantage for Democrats. If Mourdock runs his full blown "I'm a nut and I'm proud" campaign and Dems can get out the vote like we did in 2008, Donnelly has a shot.
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)Maybe a lesson to the Thugs that they are just going too far down the rabbit hole.
RZM
(8,556 posts)I don't think he's going to be a Sharon Angle or Christine O'Donnell (i.e. a loser who snatches defeat from the jaws of victory).
It might end up hinging on Obama's coattails. If Obama does well in Indiana, you might be right. If he doesn't, maybe not.