Operation Counterweight Comes To Indiana

By: Dan McLaughlin (Diary)  |  May 7th at 02:00 PM  | 

Indiana Republicans go to the polls tomorrow to decide whether to re-nominate 80-year-old 36-year Senate veteran Richard Lugar or to pick instead State Treasurer Richard Mourdock, running as the conservative alternative. In the usual course of events, my advice for activists and pundits alike in these races is to not forget that every race is unique, based on the individual candidates, the state or district, | Read More »

Richard Lugar Insults Conservatives, Indiana GOP County Chairmen

By: Leon H. Wolf (Diary)  |  May 10th at 08:00 AM  | 

Yesterday, I received an interesting piece of spam from Richard Lugar’s campaign. I call it “interesting” because it indicates that Lugar apparently intends to court voters who might be contemplating a vote for Richard Mourdock by calling them morons. And then speaking to them as if they were morons: Unfortunately, a large number of Republican County Chairmen have been duped into participating in the same | Read More »