[muawiyah]

Having already explained how Conservatives can get control of the currently very elderly Richard Lugar, let me point out what happens if Lugar is no longer in the Senate.

First of all, that will make McConnell of Kentucky the senior most Senator in the ruling party (assuming that it's the Republicans)

Can I say that the campaign against Lugar is going to drop the Senate like a ripe banana into the waiting paws of McConnell?

I thought folks here didn't care for McConnell, but here they are campaigning against Lugar ~ with McConnell the biggest beneficiary of that campaign.

I doubt the sincerity of the institutional folks going after Lugar.

[hinckley buzzard]

So what? The Senate republicans have already given McConnell their leadership rather than to Lugar, so what will change? Would you rather the Senate fall into the hands of senile Lugar who has no clout apparently, even among his own peers?

[fieldmarshaldj]

Huh ? McConnell doesn’t become the “seniormost Republican” if Lugar is defeated. That would be Orrin Hatch. And if Hatch is defeated, the next up is Thad Cochran. What are you talking about ?

[ModelBreaker]

“I thought folks here didn’t care for McConnell, but here they are campaigning against Lugar ~ with McConnell the biggest beneficiary of that campaign. I doubt the sincerity of the institutional folks going after Lugar.”

Lugar is a terrible Senator. One of the worst RINO’s of all time. He needs to go and the Senate R’n need to sort out their leadership. But that’s no excuse not to dump Lugar.

[Clintonfatigued]

This is the biggest conservative opportunity in the primaries.

[okie01]

Can I say that the campaign against Lugar is going to drop the Senate like a ripe banana into the waiting paws of McConnell?

Psssssssssst. Muahwiyah. McConnell is already the Senate Minority Leader. Defeating Lugar won't change that...but it will remove one of his allies.

[teg_76]

LOL...what twisted logic. Nice try.

[vette6387]

“First of all, that will make McConnell of Kentucky the senior most Senator in the ruling party (assuming that it’s the Republicans)”

Just how do you come up with that assertion? Both Lugar and Hatch were sworn in on exactly the same date, January 3, 1977, so how do you find Lugar to be the senior guy?

[Theodore R.]

No, Orrin G. Hatch has been in the Senate eight years longer than McC.