Indiana Dems 'Giddy' Over Race Against 'Unwavering Conservative' Richard Mourdock, Claims NYTimes
The New York Times's Monica Davey and Trip Gabriel shared Democratic "giddiness" over the possibility of winning a Senate seat in the Republican-leaning state Indiana on Thursday: "With Primary Over, a New Battle for Indiana Senate Seat Begins." The text box was all sunshine for the Democratic Party's prospects for the Indiana seat: "Strategies emerge as Democrats now see a chance at a win."
The morning after Senator Richard G. Lugar, in his 36th year in office, was overwhelmingly defeated in a Republican primary election, this state awoke on Wednesday to another surprise: A new battle, now likely to be far fiercer and costlier than once expected, was already brewing over the seat he leaves behind.
Democrats were casting the general election fight as a referendum on whether moderates should still have a place in Washington, while Tea Party organizers said it would be seen as a national test of the movement’s enduring strength.
Democratic leaders, who had doubted their odds against Mr. Lugar, a Republican so moderate that even the leaders admitted that plenty of Democrats liked him, sounded giddy about their November opponent: Richard E. Mourdock, a Tea Party-supported Republican who seized a remarkable 61 percent of the vote in part by denouncing bipartisanship and pledging to an unwavering conservative approach.
“Democratic donors across the country are going to see this as a prime pickup opportunity,” said Matt Canter, a spokesman for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, who added that the Indiana seat would fall among five top Republican-held seats being targeted in the fight for control of the Senate.
Labor leaders, too, said they saw an opportunity now in Indiana. “We’re all ramping up our plans as we speak,” said Nancy J. Guyott, president of the Indiana A.F.L.-C.I.O.
National conservative groups, some of which had poured more than $3 million to benefit Mr. Mourdock in the primary, were poised to send still more if needed. The number of such outside groups also appeared likely to grow if the contest here, against Representative Joe Donnelly, a Democrat, appears truly competitive -- a notion some conservative leaders remained skeptical about, given Indiana’s Republican leanings.
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Interpretation
Submitted by DontFeedTheTrolls on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 7:34am.
Let the smears begin!
What I learned from the WSJ today and why it matters.
Submitted by The Vet on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 7:40am.
Indiana's debt for unfunded retiree health-care benefits, for example, amounts to just $81 per person. Neighboring Illinois's accumulated obligations for the same benefit average $3,399 per person.
Yes. Indiana, a state that is getting it's collective poo together is going to run off the rails and start electing democrats that got so many other states in separated poo status.
Yes. that was Vet sarcasm.
I'm absolutely giddy that
Submitted by hungarianfalcon on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 7:42am.
1. Lugar will get replaced with a more conservative senator
AND
2. We'll replace another dem (Donnelly) in the house at the same time.
It's a win-win for the house and senate.
Lugar losing the primary is fool's gold for the democrats. My parents aren't politically in tune as far as knowing who to vote for and even they knew to vote for Mourdock.
HF
Only Democrats are ever
Submitted by gmonsen on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 7:57am.
Only Democrats are ever "giddy" or feel "thrills up their legs" on politics.
So, an "unwavering
Submitted by motherbelt on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 8:07am.
So, an "unwavering conservative" wins 60% of the vote, and the Democrats think "Wow!! Here's our chance to grab that seat! (Well, officially, anyway; it's not like they didn't have it already)
Because it's extremely unlikely that all those conservative Republicans who threw Lugar out are going to show up again in November.
\sarc
Hard to say which is more
Submitted by Reaver on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 10:52am.
Hard to say which is more obnoxious, all the democrats who don’t think a conservative can win outside a republican primary or all the republicans who think a conservative can’t win outside a republican primary. Love the breezy way they dismiss him getting sixty percent of the vote.
Giddy?
Submitted by Annie Ashe Fields on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 8:12am.
Giddy is what happens when you are in such gravity-defying atmospheres, you lose touch with reality.
Giddy?
Submitted by almostacowboy on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 8:14am.
Or just gay?
Indiana now has another choice
Submitted by NVRAT on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 9:26am.
The Giddy Commecrats think that they now have another seat in the Senate. Well, the real choice is now do they, the people, want a totalitarian government or do they want freedom of Speech, the right to own a firearm and Religion. The real truth is, do they want to live by the Constitution and Bill of Rights or do they want live under the United Nations and Obama's Socialism. The choice has never been more clear. It`s now or never for the United States to continue as a free Republic. Every seat in Congress is important to the existence of our country and, the only way to reverse the road to Socialism is to vote for Conservatives. You the people of Indiana need to consider your vote as a vote for your country and freedom not a vote for party dominance and power.
My name is NVRAT...and I actually
Submitted by Jer on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 9:44am.
BELIEVE this load of crap.
Far better than being a lefty lib and believing Obama's ---
Submitted by matthewdean on Sun, 05/13/2012 - 12:53am.
bullshit.
MD
Attention NYT's reporters
Submitted by ferv888 on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 9:51am.
IN(get it) A PIGS A$$
FERV888
Don't you mean giddy with stupidity?
Submitted by ohio granny on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 10:00am.
Didn't the democrats want to run against Ronald Reagan too? And look how well that turned out for them. I suspect this is going to turn out exactly the same way and they will be lose again.
Primed to fail
Submitted by CobraMan on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 10:40am.
"Democratic donors across the country are going to see this as a prime pickup opportunity."
Well, there's one opportunity that primed to fail. Indiana is Conservative Country. So, go ahead and spend those millions of dollars in campaigning there, democrats. Every dollar you waste in Indiana is a dollar that won't be spent in a State that has a better chance of electing a Democrat.
By the way, weren't the Democrats this "giddy" in 2010, just before all those "Tea Party " candidates swept the House? Of course, they knew then, as they know now, that there's little chance of a Democrat win, but, hay, those millions of dollars in potential campaign donations are just to inciting to turn down. So, let's get Giddy!
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
Dems short memories...
Submitted by bigdaddy on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 10:55am.
...they want to pretend that the 2010 electorial a$$-kicking didn't happen when it's actually CONTINUING...
They're always that way!
Submitted by russedav on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 12:40pm.
Speaking as an Indiana Hoosier, our Dems are usually that way, infantile fleabaggers when they don't get their lawless, fascist way who ring for labor (http://theconservativetreehouse.com/2011/04/20/report-confirms-indiana-f...) but of course not actually doing any work themselves, seen here: http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2011/02/urbana-hotel-tells-awol-indiana-...
Dems are of by and for those who never grew up and the GOP is little but still significantly better yet still intolerable for a true patriot who thinks for himself. May God do a miracle and get someone else than vile cultist Romney (exposed at www.renewamerica.com & http://www.amycontrada.com/amycontrada.html) at the GOP convention.
Not a story
Submitted by patman0623 on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 3:43pm.
This is not an example of liberal bias. Let me explain:
* The polls do show Democrats doing much better against Mourdock than against Lugar. Of course they are giddy, and the NYT was just reporting that.
* Calling him an "unwavering conservative" is true. And he should take that as a compliment.
Look for the hit pieces next.
Submitted by richflanj on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 9:53pm.
If the NYT is true to form, and I am certain they will be, look for a piece describing how Mourdock refused to share the swing with a girl on the playground in first grade (sexist), and how he once was in the same Zip Code as the great great grandson of a Confederate soldier (racist), etc.