If you become known as "President Obama's favorite Republican" and face a primary challenge from your right, it's probably smart to come out early with a strong ad:
But Chris Chocola of the Club for Growth, which ran an ant-Lugar ad recently, isn't buying it:
The fact is that over his 35 years in Washington, Lugar has consistently voted for more spending, federal bailouts and more debt.
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After 35 years, Hoosiers can and should call Senator Lugar a good man, but they can't reasonably call him conservative.
I continue to think that such criticism is a tad exaggeraged. But there is such a thing as a Washington mindset, and Lugar has been there more than long enough to succumb to it.
