Andrew Rosenthal, NY Times
In my post yesterday on Tuesday’s voting, I mentioned that Richard Lugar lost the Indiana Senate primary to Richard Mourdock, a radical right-winger. I didn’t have time to write at length about his thoughtful farewell letter, but it’s worth revisiting as a sort of treatise on the state of politics.Mr. Lugar has built himself a reputation as a moderate, at least when it comes to matters of foreign policy. Generally speaking he was not a rebel in the Republican caucus on domestic issues, though he did vote for the auto industry bailout and for Justices Sonia...
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