Tea Party leaders not swayed by Dick Lugar meeting (his bid for 7th term will have opposition)

CNN Political Ticker ^ | 01/05/2011 | Peter Hamby

[SeekAndFind]

Washington (CNN) - Hoping to head off a primary challenge from the right, Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Indiana, sat down with Tea Party leaders last month but did little to persuade them of his conservative credentials.

The two-hour meeting, which took place over breakfast on Dec. 13th at a Marriott hotel in downtown Indianapolis, was described by participants on both sides as "cordial," but the Tea Party activists left vowing to oppose Lugar's bid for a seventh term.

"The Senator said he hoped he could earn the support of the Tea Party, and that he is conservative," said Greg Fettig, the co-founder of Hoosier Patriots. Fettig was joined in the meeting by Monica Boyer of Kosciusko "Silent No More," a Tea Party group in northeast Indiana.

"We obviously would beg to differ that he is conservative, and our experience is that he won't get the support of any Tea Party group across the state," Fettig told CNN. "This is something that has really been building for years. A lot of Tea Party people have said, 'Who is this guy? He might as well have a 'D' in front of his name.'"

Fettig and Boyer originally requested the meeting as representatives of Hoosiers for Conservative Senate, an organization of roughly 60 Tea Party groups formed to find a conservative primary challenger to Lugar, or force his retirement.

Lugar and a pair of staffers discussed a range of federal issues, including the role of earmarks and the Federal Reserve. Fettig and Boyer objected to Lugar's sponsorship of the DREAM Act, his support for the ratification of the START nuclear arms treaty during the lame-duck session of Congress, and his votes to confirm Supreme Court Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan.

[JohnLongIsland]

This dinosaur has to go...

[martin_fierro]

State	Senator	Party	Perjury charge vote of Pres. Clinton	Obstruction of justice charge vote of Pres. Clinton
Michigan	Abraham, SpencerSpencer Abraham	R	Guilty	Gulity
Hawaii	Akaka, DanielDaniel Akaka	D	Not guilty	Not guilty
Colorado	Allard, WayneWayne Allard	R	Guilty	Guilty
Missouri	Ashcroft, JohnJohn Ashcroft	R	Guilty	Guilty
Montana	Baucus, MaxMax Baucus	D	Not guilty	Not guilty
Indiana	Bayh, EvanEvan Bayh	D	Not guilty	Not guilty
Utah	Bennett, RobertRobert Bennett	R	Guilty	Guilty
Delaware	Biden, JoeJoe Biden	D	Not guilty	Not guilty
New Mexico	Bingaman, JeffJeff Bingaman	D	Not guilty	Not guilty
Missouri	Bond, KitKit Bond	R	Guilty	Guilty
California	Boxer, BarbaraBarbara Boxer	D	Not guilty	Not guilty
Louisiana	Breaux, JohnJohn Breaux	D	Not guilty	Not guilty
Kansas	Brownback, SamSam Brownback	R	Guilty	Guilty
Nevada	Bryan, RichardRichard Bryan	D	Not guilty	Not guilty
Kentucky	Bunning, JimJim Bunning	R	Guilty	Guilty
Montana	Burns, ConradConrad Burns	R	Guilty	Guilty
West Virginia	Byrd, RobertRobert Byrd	D	Not guilty	Not guilty
Colorado	Nighthorse Campbell, BenBen Nighthorse Campbell	R	Guilty	Guilty
Rhode Island	Chafee, JohnJohn Chafee	R	Not guilty	Not guilty
Georgia	Cleland, MaxMax Cleland	D	Not guilty	Not guilty
Mississippi	Cochran, ThadThad Cochran	R	Guilty	Guilty
Maine	Collins, SusanSusan Collins	R	Not guilty	Not guilty
North Dakota	Conrad, KentKent Conrad	D	Not guilty	Not guilty
Georgia	Coverdell, PaulPaul Coverdell	R	Guilty	Guilty
Idaho	Craig, LarryLarry Craig	R	Guilty	Guilty
Idaho	Crapo, MikeMike Crapo	R	Guilty	Guilty
South Dakota	Daschle, TomTom Daschle	D	Not guilty	Not guilty
Ohio	DeWine, MikeMike DeWine	R	Guilty	Guilty
Connecticut	Dodd, ChrisChris Dodd	D	Not guilty	Not guilty
North Dakota	Dorgan, ByronByron Dorgan	D	Not guilty	Not guilty
New Mexico	Domenici, PetePete Domenici	R	Guilty	Guilty
Illinois	Durbin, DickDick Durbin	D	Not guilty	Not guilty
North Carolina	Edwards, JohnJohn Edwards	D	Not guilty	Not guilty
Wyoming	Enzi, MikeMike Enzi	R	Guilty	Guilty
Wisconsin	Feingold, RussRuss Feingold	D	Not guilty	Not guilty
California	Feinstein, DianneDianne Feinstein	D	Not guilty	Not guilty
Illinois	Fitzgerald, PeterPeter Fitzgerald	R	Guilty	Guilty
Tennessee	Frist, BillBill Frist	R	Guilty	Guilty
Washington	Gorton, SladeSlade Gorton	R	Not guilty	Guilty
Florida	Graham, BobBob Graham	D	Not guilty	Not guilty
Texas	Gramm, PhilPhil Gramm	R	Guilty	Guilty
Minnesota	Grams, RodRod Grams	R	Guilty	Guilty
Iowa	Grassley, ChuckChuck Grassley	R	Guilty	Guilty
New Hampshire	Gregg, JuddJudd Gregg	R	Guilty	Guilty
Nebraska	Hagel, ChuckChuck Hagel	R	Guilty	Guilty
Iowa	Harkin, TomTom Harkin	D	Not guilty	Not guilty
Utah	Hatch, OrrinOrrin Hatch	R	Guilty	Guilty
North Carolina	Helms, JesseJesse Helms	R	Guilty	Guilty
South Carolina	Hollings, FritzFritz Hollings	D	Not guilty	Not guilty
Arkansas	Hutchinson, TimTim Hutchinson	R	Guilty	Guilty
Texas	Hutchison, Kay BaileyKay Bailey Hutchison	R	Guilty	Guilty
Oklahoma	Inhofe, JimJim Inhofe	R	Guilty	Guilty
Hawaii	Inouye, DanielDaniel Inouye	D	Not guilty	Not guilty
Vermont	Jeffords, JimJim Jeffords	R	Not guilty	Not guilty
South Dakota	Johnson, TimTim Johnson	D	Not guilty	Not guilty
Massachusetts	Kennedy, TedTed Kennedy	D	Not guilty	Not guilty
Nebraska	Kerrey, BobBob Kerrey	D	Not guilty	Not guilty
Massachusetts	Kerry, JohnJohn Kerry	D	Not guilty	Not guilty
Wisconsin	Kohl, HerbHerb Kohl	D	Not guilty	Not guilty
Arizona	Kyl, JonJon Kyl	R	Guilty	Guilty
Louisiana	Landrieu, MaryMary Landrieu	D	Not guilty	Not guilty
New Jersey	Lautenberg, FrankFrank Lautenberg	D	Not guilty	Not guilty
Vermont	Leahy, PatrickPatrick Leahy	D	Not guilty	Not guilty
Michigan	Levin, CarlCarl Levin	D	Not guilty	Not guilty
Connecticut	Lieberman, JoeJoe Lieberman	D	Not guilty	Not guilty
Arkansas	Lincoln, BlancheBlanche Lincoln	D	Not guilty	Not guilty
Mississippi	Lott, TrentTrent Lott	R	Guilty	Guilty
Indiana	Lugar, RichardRichard Lugar	R	Guilty	Guilty
Florida	Mack III, ConnieConnie Mack III	R	Guilty	Guilty
Arizona	McCain, JohnJohn McCain	R	Guilty	Guilty
Kentucky	McConnell, MitchMitch McConnell	R	Guilty	Guilty
Maryland	Mikulski, BarbaraBarbara Mikulski	D	Not guilty	Not guilty
New York	Patrick Moynihan, DanielDaniel Patrick Moynihan	D	Not guilty	Not guilty
Alaska	Murkowski, FrankFrank Murkowski	R	Guilty	Guilty
Washington	Murray, PattyPatty Murray	D	Not guilty	Not guilty
Oklahoma	Nickles, DonDon Nickles	R	Guilty	Guilty
Rhode Island	Reed, JackJack Reed	D	Not guilty	Not guilty
Nevada	Reid, HarryHarry Reid	D	Not guilty	Not guilty
Virginia	Robb, CharlesCharles Robb	D	Not guilty	Not guilty
Kansas	Roberts, PatPat Roberts	R	Guilty	Guilty
West Virginia	Rockefeller, JayJay Rockefeller	D	Not guilty	Not guilty
Delaware	Roth, Jr., William V.William V. Roth, Jr.	D	Not guilty	Not guilty
Pennsylvania	Santorum, RickRick Santorum	R	Guilty	Guilty
Maryland	Sarbanes, PaulPaul Sarbanes	D	Not guilty	Not guilty
New York	Schumer, ChuckChuck Schumer	D	Not guilty	Not guilty
Alabama	Sessions, JeffJeff Sessions	R	Guilty	Guilty
Alabama	Shelby, RichardRichard Shelby	R	Not guilty	Guilty
New Hampshire	Smith, Robert C.Robert C. Smith	R	Guilty	Guilty
Oregon	Smith, GordonGordon Smith	R	Guilty	Guilty
Maine	Snowe, OlympiaOlympia Snowe	R	Not guilty	Not guilty
Pennsylvania	Specter, ArlenArlen Specter	R	Not proven	Not proven
Alaska	Stevens, TedTed Stevens	R	Not guilty	Guilty
Wyoming	Thomas, Craig L.Craig L. Thomas	R	Guilty	Guilty
Tennessee	Thompson, FredFred Thompson	R	Guilty	Guilty
South Carolina	Thurmond, StromStrom Thurmond	R	Guilty	Guilty
New Jersey	Torricelli, RobertRobert Torricelli	D	Not guilty	Not guilty
Virginia	Warner, JohnJohn Warner	R	Not guilty	Guilty
Ohio	Voinovich, GeorgeGeorge Voinovich	R	Not guilty	Guilty
Minnesota	Wellstone, PaulPaul Wellstone	D	Not guilty	Not guilty
Oregon	Wyden, RonRon Wyden	D	Not guilty	Not guilty

Notes: D = Democratic; R = Republican At least he's got that goin' for him.

[capt. norm]

I hate that stupid cheesy grin he has.

[JLAGRAYFOX]

Senator Richard Lugar is a “traitor” and should be thrown out of office by the good people of Indiana. His vote for the flawed Obama “START” treaty with the Russkies was a “turncoat” vote against the citizens of the United States of America!!! IMHO he may as well be a full blown memeber of the “Hate America” Democrat Party!!!

[JLAGRAYFOX]

Senator Richard Lugar is a “traitor” and should be thrown out of office by the good people of Indiana. His vote for the flawed Obama “START” treaty with the Russkies was a “turncoat” vote against the citizens of the United States of America!!! IMHO he may as well be a full blown memeber of the “Hate America” Democrat Party!!!

[JLAGRAYFOX]

Senator Richard Lugar is a “traitor” and should be thrown out of office by the good people of Indiana. His vote for the flawed Obama “START” treaty with the Russkies was a “turncoat” vote against the citizens of the United States of America!!! IMHO he may as well be a full blown memeber of the “Hate America” Democrat Party!!!

[heiss]

number 1 senate primary target in 2012.

[SeaHawkFan]

After reading this, my question is why the Tea Party leaders even bother to meet with him?

What else did they need to know after looking at his voting record.

[magna carta]

NWO

[org.whodat]

He and grassley and several others have all been there to long. They are as much of the problems as the democrats.

[Waryone]

When I saw the headline, my first question was why did they meet with him and what conservative credentials could he have possibly given them? This man is one of the biggest RINOs in the Senate. They say as people age they become more conservative, but it seems the longer you are in the Senate, the more liberal you become. It must have something to do with beltway influence for so many years. I doubt living among the people of Indiana would have made him as liberal as he is today.

I hope Lugar loses big.

[howlinhound]

“number 1 senate primary target in 2012.”

I hope they put just as much effort - if not more - into defeating Olympia Snowe.

[InvisibleChurch]

Senator Forehead has been boring good Hoosiers to sleep for what seems to be hundreds of years now. The only piece of legislation I think he authored was the Freedom From Liberty Act of 1987.

[SoConPubbie]

Lugar:

“Who you going to believe? You’re lying eyes and ears or me?”

[WilliamHouston]

Check out this great new website:

http://draftdelph.wordpress.com/

A grassroots effort to oust RINO Dick Lugar in Indiana has begun.

[Rome2000]

Lugar and a pair of staffers discussed a range of federal issues, including the role of earmarks and the Federal Reserve.

These MF's just LOVE D.C. so much,they will do ANYTHING to stay there.

But poor Dick is fresh out of friends for Primary day, and he is going to be doing something else in 2 years, maybe he can go haunt a house.

[Rome2000]

After reading this, my question is why the Tea Party leaders even bother to meet with him?

Just to see him squirm.