Why should Lugar fear Indianans on this. You people voted for Dan Coats in the primary.
Coats is far better than Evan Bayh. At least we didn’t vote like those other “you people” in Arizona and return John McCain to the Senate.
Excellent point. With the endorsement of "conservatives" like Mike Pence, to boot. (Mitch Daniels remained neutral.)
If people aren't willing to pick a conservative in an open seat race, what are the odds of beating an incumbent?
Two points about the 2010 primary is that it was a very abbreviated race and the anti-Coats vote was split several ways - but still.