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This GOP Senator Is Ready To Take Down The Tea Party
The Business Insider ^ | 2-3-2011 | Grace Wyler

Posted on 02/03/2011 2:53:24 PM PST by blam

This GOP Senator Is Ready To Take Down The Tea Party

Grace Wyler
Feb. 3, 2011, 4:20 PM

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Veteran GOP Senator Richard Lugar of Indiana has thumbed his nose at Tea Party threats. The Hoosier State Republican knows they are coming after his Senate seat in 2012 but he is not going down without a fight.

Lugar, who has served six terms in the Senate, has $2.3 million in his campaign war chest, which likely puts him far ahead of any potential primary challengers. But the 78-year old says he is kicking his fundraising up a notch in preparation for a tough assault from the right.

Indiana State Treasurer Richard Mourdock (R ) is expected to formally launch a challenge against Lugar this weekend, according to Politico. Mourdock recently visited Washington, where he paid his respects to Tea Party kingmaker Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC).

Tea Party groups in the Hoosier State have said they will rally around one candidate to unseat Lugar in the 2012 Republican primary. State Sen. Mike Delph (R ) has also been mentioned as a possible candidate.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: conservatives; lugar; mourdock; politics; richardmourdock; rino; rinobegone; senate2012; teaparty
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To: taildragger

You forgot Frank “Senile” Lautenberg (87) and the two old farts from Hawaii (both 86). And there are many more, too many to list individually-—one fifth of the U.S. Senate is 70 or older!


81 posted on 02/04/2011 1:03:57 AM PST by dupree
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To: Deb

Pence seems to be running for Governor.


82 posted on 02/04/2011 1:06:21 AM PST by Lucius Cornelius Sulla ('“Our own government has become our enemy' - Sheriff Paul Babeu)
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To: blam

$2.3 million sounds impressive. Until one considers that McCain spent around $25 million defending his seat.


83 posted on 02/04/2011 1:13:40 AM PST by Nickname
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To: dandiegirl

They don’t know what else to do.

After decades in DC, they’re more comfortable with lobbyists and fellow politicians than they are with their own families.

The thought of sitting in rocker with a grandkid on a knee probably scares them to death.


84 posted on 02/04/2011 1:20:54 AM PST by Nickname
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To: arasina
Or a McGriddle.
85 posted on 02/04/2011 3:25:51 AM PST by OddLane
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To: blam

May I call you Dick?


86 posted on 02/04/2011 4:43:50 AM PST by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: blam

Grace, you ignorant slut. < /Dan Akroyd Weekend Update voice>

Anyone who would refer to “the” Tea Party clearly doesn’t understand the TEA Party movement enough to be writing anything involving it.


87 posted on 02/04/2011 4:47:34 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Ol' Sparky

Indiana state treasurer Richard Mourdock announced Saturday he will run for the Senate seat in Indiana.


88 posted on 02/08/2011 8:36:14 AM PST by hoosierham (Waddaya mean Freedom isn't free ?;will you take a credit card?)
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