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Poll Shows Mourdock, Lugar Virtually Tied
Roll Call ^ | July 26, 2011 | Shira Toeplitz

Posted on 07/27/2011 7:00:12 AM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

A new poll conducted for the Club for Growth showed Sen. Dick Lugar (R-Ind.) and his primary challenger, state Treasurer Richard Mourdock, in a statistical dead heat.

Mourdock had a small advantage over Lugar, 34 percent to 32 percent, in the Basswood Research poll released Tuesday. But Mourdock’s 2-point lead is within the poll’s 4.4-point margin of error.

The conservative, anti-tax organization has not endorsed Mourdock, but the Club for Growth President Chris Chocola has frequently criticized Lugar’s record. Earlier this month, the club sponsored television advertisements blasting Lugar across Indiana.

“An incumbent who sits at 32 percent in his own party’s primary, and trails a much less known challenger, is in a world of trouble,” Chocola, a former Indiana Congressman, said in a statement. “Senator Lugar is a very decent man, but it’s clear from the poll that after 35 years, Hoosier Republicans are eager for a more conservative alternative.”

About one-third of those polled, 34 percent, said they were undecided about the GOP Senate primary field.

Basswood Research conducted the poll of 500 likely Republican primary voters July 23-24


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Indiana
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Sweeeeeeet !!!!!

Bey Bey RINO!

1 posted on 07/27/2011 7:00:16 AM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

I didn’t know Lugar was a Republican. When did that happen?


2 posted on 07/27/2011 7:03:43 AM PDT by hsalaw
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

Long overdue. Has DeMint come out against Lugar? I hope he does....awesome that Club for Growth is taking him on!!!!


3 posted on 07/27/2011 7:07:54 AM PDT by ConservativeDude
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

Lugar is in trouble. 2012 is off to a good start. 2012 will be the year America cleans out DC.


4 posted on 07/27/2011 7:08:16 AM PDT by tennmountainman
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

May the best Dick win.


5 posted on 07/27/2011 7:08:56 AM PDT by KOZ.
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

And so it begins.

Pay attention DC aholes.


6 posted on 07/27/2011 7:10:31 AM PDT by Principled
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To: KOZ.

Something happens to the people we send to Washington if they stay too long. Dick Lugar, Kit Bond, Charles Grassley are examples...


7 posted on 07/27/2011 7:11:23 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Eh ?)
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

Looks like Lugie is gonna pretend to be a conservative for the next few months.


8 posted on 07/27/2011 7:12:16 AM PDT by VanDeKoik (1 million in stimulus dollars paid for this tagline!)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
They get to be Senate Committee chairmen and end up controlling tens of billions of bucks in loot.

States compete to keep sending guys to Washington so they get seniority and can begin sending the loot back home.

When you kick out one of the old bulls like Lugar you get a new guy with no seniority. He may sit there as long as 5 years before getting a chance to speak.

9 posted on 07/27/2011 7:13:43 AM PDT by muawiyah
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

Purge the RINOs!


10 posted on 07/27/2011 7:13:47 AM PDT by Thane_Banquo
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To: muawiyah

You have outlined the problem. It’s become a spoils system based on seniority.


11 posted on 07/27/2011 7:15:30 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Eh ?)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

That happened way back when they were debating The National Road.


12 posted on 07/27/2011 7:17:21 AM PDT by muawiyah
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To: ConservativeDude

DeMint has now made it policy not to oppose any GOP incumbents, so he won’t be attacking Lugar or donating to his primary opponent (unless said opponent wins the primary). He is staying out of primaries involving republican incumbents.


13 posted on 07/27/2011 7:19:36 AM PDT by Sonny M ("oderint dum metuant")
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

The Party Line.

Does Ohio use the Party Line on ballots?


14 posted on 07/27/2011 7:21:06 AM PDT by ZULU (Crapo, Coburn and Chambliss are a herd of renegade RINOs.)
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

Great Scott, but it takes a long time to get rid of a cancerous cyst like this Lugar RINO.


15 posted on 07/27/2011 7:23:41 AM PDT by IbJensen (You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it!)
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

I can’t wait. Some thought 2010 was a flash in the pan. They aint seen nothing yet.


16 posted on 07/27/2011 7:25:13 AM PDT by Maelstorm (Better to keep your enemy in your sights than in your camp expecting him to guard your back.)
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To: Sonny M

ah, yes, I remember hearing that now...thanks for the reminder.

But back to the point: Lugar is going down!


17 posted on 07/27/2011 7:33:00 AM PDT by ConservativeDude
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To: ZULU

Lugar is from Indiana, not Ohio. We do have Party Line ballots.


18 posted on 07/27/2011 7:42:30 AM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (God punishes Conservatives by making them argue with fools.)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

True. On top of that I am pretty sure Lugar is either senile at this point or bat-shit crazy. He makes absolutely no sense and has sold out on issue after issue to the Obamaites.

I am hoping the polls get worse and he just bows out before the primary, deciding to ‘spend more time with his family.’ With these early poll numbers, he is going to have a difficult time keeping his seat.


19 posted on 07/27/2011 7:44:31 AM PDT by ilgipper (political rhetoric is no substitute for competence (Thomas Sowell))
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

Locally, here in Indiana, Lugar’s been running commercials talking about how fiscally conservative he’s been during his tenure in Washington. Showing lots of old footage of him and Ronald Reagan...he’s hoping voters will forget what he’s been like lately.


20 posted on 07/27/2011 7:52:14 AM PDT by Lou L (The Senate without a fillibuster is just a 100-member version of the House.)
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