What Lugar's loss could mean for a Pres. Romney (You cannot underestimate the Tea Party movement)

Washington Examiner ^ | 05/09/2012 | Philip Klein

[DTogo]

For candidate Romney it means he had better make a solid Conservative VP pick: ALLEN WEST

[netmilsmom]

Exactly.

[ZULU]

Luger, R.I.P. you damned old, liberal pandering, Democrat loving career seial criminal office holder. I hope Orrin Hatch, ANOTHER lib lover like you and ALSO a serial office holding career politician criminal follows you along with all the OTHER serial office holding old fossils in Congress.

As Ethan Allen would have said “Get OUT you damned RAT”!!
or something like that.

[muawiyah]

Last time I looked at the results Romney got more votes than Mourdock.

That bothers me a lot ~ the implications of that are not at all favorable to the TEA Party, nor to Conservatism.

It does mean too many Democrats were allowed to vote in the Republican primary.

[immadashell]

a lot of pundits have been prematurely writing the obituary to the Tea Party, but Mourdock's victory demonstrates that the movement still has a lot of power.

This should scare the living bejeezus out of the libs and lamestreamers (the L&L crowd for short).

[Uncle Miltie]

“ideologically malleable Mitt Romney”

Understatement of the day.

[SeekAndFind]

Lugar said that with his defeat, he now has time to do the things he had always wanted to do.. Like travel to places he’s never been to.

I suggest he start with Indiana...

[Texas Eagle]

I didn't click on the link. Does the author mention whether or not Lugar called and congratulated Mourdock and pledged his support in the general election.

Or, conversely, did Lugar go all Lisa Murkowski and announce he will run as an independent?

[BwanaNdege]

OOHRAH!

[Texas Eagle]

Ba da boom. But, seriesly, folks....

[GOPsterinMA]

IN FReepers have been posting that IN has a “sore loser” law in place, so apparently, no he can’t.

That was my first thought though.

[central_va]

RINO hunting season is upon us.

[SeekAndFind]

Lugar should have tried running as Virginia Senator instead. He would have had a better chance. After all, he lives there.

[Hawthorn]

>> did Lugar go all Lisa Murkowski and announce he will run as an independent? <<

Would not be allowed under Indiana law.

[Mich Patriot]

"Tea Partiers have a lot more staying power than skeptics expected."

Principles are timeless, whereas fads and fancies like electing the first prez to actually be made of dog feces fade away...just as they should.

[iceskater]

This is exactly what I’ve been saying for months.

Focus on Congress. Focus on Congress. Focus on Congress.

Get good conservatives in Congress and Romney won’t be able to do as much damage as he otherwise would be able to do.

[Texas Eagle]

Thanks for the assist.

Did he call to congratulate Mourdock and offer his support in the general?

[rodguy911]

The Tea Party is alive and well regardless of what the DBM,RNC and RINOS would like to think.

Will we win every battle? Probably not. We already lost the big one. But over time conservatism will trump all other philosophies.It just may not be pretty.

[GOPsterinMA]

You’re welcome.

“Did he call to congratulate Mourdock and offer his support in the general?”

Not sure about that, but this is a good take on Lugar’s actions immediately afterwards:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2881479/posts?page=83#83