Six term Senator Richard Lugar is defeated by a tea party opponent. Ed talked with the Democratic challenger, Rep. Joe Donnelly (D-IN), last night.
Sen. Richard Lugar defeated in GOP primary
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Wed May 9, 2012 2:10 PM EDT
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Republicans eat their elders. If they dare do anything to support Democrats or even work with them to find a solution they will be ousted. Dare we say a WAR on moderate republicans?
Yeah but to hear the tea bagging republicans tell it its the democrats fault for the divided country. Typical tea bag behavior whine that there is no compromise then when one of theirs works with democrats throw him out and replace him with a cry baby who wants it his way.
So it's offical. The entire republican party is now the teabagger party.
Better a Teabagger, then a Socialist, and that is what the Democratic party is, all socalists, zero center to right members.
The Tea Party Inquisition claims another victim. The bagger had Lugar burnt at the primary for being willing to work with democrats thus making him a far right heretic.
The Malleus Maleficarum of these Baggers is as such: compromise or any sign of political corruption(in this bipartisanship) must be annihilated, you must swear the obey the holy shadow corporate donors, never be critical of any other republican, never tolerate other parties or beliefs..........if not they torture you with all manner of attacks if you don't recante you get taken out
I love Indiana, the people are great, but, when it comes to politics, that state is blood RED!! Lugar went out of favor there long ago, he was too nice, too moderate, too bi-partisan. I don't think ANY Democrat has a chance there anymore; it is another hard-right state. Evan Byah could see the writing on the wall. He was a very moderate Democrat but that doesn't cut it with the teapublicans in Indiana.
Ed
The story you put together is poorly researched, but apparently that doesn't matter.
Ex governor Rendell (D) led this state down the" rosey" path of providing promises of money, but walked away from the obligation of actually delivering.
Counties like York area all trying to figure out where to get the money. The education system was promised the big money and school district, provided programs that they knew they couldn't manage. All the communities are dealing with this issue. Teachers unions wanted more more more, and this was because they loved their children, or was it the union dues.
Communities are now strap with expensive schools and expensive pensions for those teachers. Granite teaching is not easy, but hell the money is good, otherwise they would do something else.
Blame it on politicians and poor planners, not political parties ED.
Hey Republican dittoheads, that's what you get for listening to Rush Limbaugh every day.