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May 9th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
Mr Romney’s victories in Indiana, North Carolina and West Virginia pushed his
delegates total up by about 100 to some 975, nearing the threshold of 1,144
needed to win the nomination and square off against President Barack Obama
in November.
Republican colleagues in Washington were already treating Mr Lugar, 80, like a
cautionary tale as lawmakers gear up for a bruising 2012 general election
campaign.
“I’d say if you’re an incumbent you’d better not lose touch with home,”
said Senator Lindsey Graham, reflecting sweeping criticism that Mr Lugar was
too disconnected from Indiana voters and failed to acknowledge his own
vulnerability this year until he was in deep trouble.
At a victory party in Indianapolis, Mr Mourdock insisted the bitter race was
not about animosity but ideas and “the direction of the Republican
Party.”
Mr Mourdock, 60, acknowledged that “the race ahead is going to be hard,”
but said Indiana voters “want to see Republicans inside the United
States Senate take a more conservative track.”
During his campaign he repeatedly reprimanded Mr Lugar for being too
bipartisan and compromising on key issues like national security and foreign
affairs.
Shortly after the vote, Mr Obama expressed appreciation for Lugar’s service,
hailing his bipartisanship in an increasingly bygone era of co-operation.
“While Dick and I didn’t always agree on everything, I found during my
time in the Senate that he was often willing to reach across the aisle and
get things done,” Mr Obama said in a statement.
Mr Lugar’s ouster is a feather in the cap for tea party activists, who
advocate lower taxes and smaller government, as they seek to extend their
influence in Congress and sweep out lawmakers they believe are too liberal.
A battle royale is shaping up for the Senate, which is narrowly in Democratic
hands, 51-47 plus two independents who caucus with Democrats. A large
majority of the seats which experts say are most vulnerable in 2012 are held
by Democrats, and the party believes a Lugar loss could be their gain.
A Mourdock victory in the Indiana primary is a “pickup opportunity”
for Democrats who see him as outside the mainstream, Senator Charles Schumer
told reporters, noting Mr Mourdock has openly vowed a non-compromising
stance in Washington.
“The more the Republicans embrace the tea party agenda and its
candidates, the more they damage their chances in November.”
Congressman Joe Donnelly will contest the seat for the Democrats, and a recent
poll showed him neck and neck in a hypothetical matchup with Mr Mourdock.
The same poll showed Mr Lugar trouncing Donnelly by 21 percentage points.
Republicans quickly rallied around the newest party luminary and pledged
resources to help keep the seat Republican in November.
“It’s time to thank Sen Lugar for his years of service throw all
our support behind Richard Mourdock,” conservative Senator Jim DeMint
wrote in a Twitter message.
In North Carolina, voters on Tuesday approved a controversial constitutional
amendment to ban same-sex marriages and civil unions, joining some 30 state
bans on same-sex marriage.
North Carolina already has a ban on gay marriage, but the amendment makes it
far more difficult to overturn the bans.
Opponents warn the amendment voids the legal status of other kinds of domestic
unions and strips legal protections for children of unmarried couples.
Source: agencies
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