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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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!
Pence seems to be running for Governor.
$2.3 million sounds impressive. Until one considers that McCain spent around $25 million defending his seat.
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.
May I call you Dick?
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.
Indiana state treasurer Richard Mourdock announced Saturday he will run for the Senate seat in Indiana.
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