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Old 05-10-2012, 03:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Botnst View Post
Lugar was a class-act, no question. He served long and honorably. But the second most important thing that an incumbent must demonstrate is close connection with his voting constituency. Lugar failed to do that and so he lost. Too bad, but he did himself in by his own actions or failures to act in a fashion in accord with his base.
I live in northwest Ohio on the edge of Indiana. All of my antenna TV is out of Indiana so I see A LOT of Indiana politics. I think the deal about him spending so much time in Florida hurt him a lot. And I don't blame the voters. If you are representing a state your ass better be there most of the time when you are not in in DC. He lost connection and the voters looked for change.
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