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2010-11-14 Africa Horn

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Posted by Steve White 2010-11-14 11:28|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1757 views ] Top

1 Question anything coming out of Lugar for a while, the Tea Party announced a couple of days ago that he is a major target for removal in the next primaries.

Posted by Anonymoose 2010-11-14 13:46|| 2010-11-14 13:46|| Front Page Top

2 Question anything coming out of Lugar for a while

I don't understand, Anonymoose. Would you be so kind as to explain for the politically naive? Thank you.

Posted by trailing wife 2010-11-14 15:12|| 2010-11-14 15:12|| Front Page Top

3 Lugar is trying to polish his national security creds and build up his image as a tough anti-terrorism candidate. Otherwise, he will pretty much be gone in the next election he stands for.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2010-11-14 15:31|| 2010-11-14 15:31|| Front Page Top

4 Lugar has been one of the squishies on a lot of issues, and he could lose a primary battle if the TEA Party actively campaigns against him. He is also a career politician so he does not understand the concept that the TEA Party does NOT care which party wins, as long as that politician does what he or she promised. Losing a squishy Republican to a Jacksonian Dem would be considered a win by the TEA Party, and Lugar cannot understand that -- career politician who identifies with the party brand, not its stated principles.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2010-11-14 15:36|| 2010-11-14 15:36|| Front Page Top

5 Thank you, gentlemen. I s'pose part of my confusion comes from the fact that the lax security problem has been known for years. I mean, that was one of the concerns looking forward toward the end of white rule, problematic though that was -- not just biologicals, but also nuclear in South Africa.

Posted by trailing wife 2010-11-14 16:14|| 2010-11-14 16:14|| Front Page Top

6 It's unfortunate, Lugar is pretty good on national security issues, but he's a go-along, get-along career pol, so he's going to get primaried.

Posted by Steve White 2010-11-14 18:13|| 2010-11-14 18:13|| Front Page Top

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