Richard Lugar
WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 09: U.S. Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) (3rd L) talks to the media about the defeat of Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN) in the Indiana primary as NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen (2nd L), Sen. Tom Udall (D-NM) (L), and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) (R) listen prior to a meeting May 9, 2012 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Rasmussen will meet with U.S. President Barack Obama in the Oval Office later the day to discuss final preparations for the NATO Summit in Chicago in May, 2012.
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The country really is looking for answers, whether it be the taxation problem, the budget problem, our problems with allies or enemies abroad
I've offered advice to my former opponent and now candidate as to the kind of way he might be a constructive senator, how he can make any difference whatsoever ... I hope that he will in fact begin to adopt some of those ideas.
A large portion of the Republican Party of Indiana believed apparently in the idea of individualism as opposed to community; a sense of compromise or a sense of talking across the aisleMore quotes »
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Gyory: Election Day = independents' day
tea party stalwart Richard Mourdock defeated longtime incumbent Republican Sen. Richard Lugar in last week's Indiana primary, he proudly proclaimed himself an enemy of bipartisanship. "The time for being collegial is past," he said. "It's time for confrontation." Read more »
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Sen. Lugar loses to tea party foe in Indiana primary; Romney rolls
Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar was routed by the right flank of his own Republican Party Tuesday night, and North Carolina voters decided overwhelmingly to strengthen their state's gay marriage ban a conservative show of enthusiasm and strength six months before Read more »
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Board: US Sen. Lugar must register elsewhere
-- An elections board ruled Thursday that U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar can't vote at the Indianapolis home he sold in 1977 but can register elsewhere in the county, a partial victory for tea party activists who allege the Republican incumbent has committed voter Read more »
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Republicans For Donnelly Group Forms
Richard Mourdock because it doesn't like his rejection of bipartisanship and his refusal to compromise. Outgoing Sen. Richard Lugar said he wants Mourdock to win, but won't work for him. The small group whose formation was announced Thursday goes further, 5/31/12 from WRTV Indianapolis Read more »
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Anti-incumbent fever scarcely in evidence in congressional campaigns
boundaries were shifted to conform with 2010 Census results. In the most notable defeat of an incumbent, Republican Sen. Richard Lugar lost to tea party-backed challenger Richard Mourdock in Indiana, although the impact of the upset on the fall campaign remains from Minneapolis Star Tribune Read more »
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Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: Scott Walker's new negative ad does not suggest confidence
blame him for mis-reported crime statistics: • IN-Sen: Is the healing beginning? If so, I can hardly feel it. Sen. Richard Lugar, on the man who defeated him in the GOP primary, Richard Mourdock: • ME-Sen: The filing deadline for independents in Maine comes from Daily Kos Read more »
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Silvestre Reyes, Longtime Democratic Congressman, At Risk In Texas 16 Democratic Primary
Silvestre Reyes (D-Texas) may soon join Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) and Reps. Jean Schmidt (R-Ohio) and Tim Holden (D-Pa.) on an expanding list of members who can't hold their seat through the primary. Despite prominent endorsements from former President Bill from The Huffington Post Read more »
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Congressional barnacles hooked on privilege
Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., lost the GOP primary to challenger Richard Mourdock this month, Beltway types saw the voters' verdict as a victory for the tea party and a defeat for the kind of Republican who could work across the aisle. I think Lugar, 80, lost from San Antonio Express Read more »
