[StAnDeliver]

"Had he not crossed the line to vote with rats, he would have won."

Had he bought a house in Indiana, and actually lived in it once in a while, he might have won.

[Bronzy]

That wasn't an issue for me. How many Senators live in their districts? Lugar has a farm here. He owns property here. How he voted was an issue.

[Mr. Lucky]

As much as we would all like to attribute Lugar’s loss to a groundswell of conservatism, your analysis is probably closer to the mark. Hoosiers tend to be egalitarian; the notion that Lugar couldn’t be bothered to even own a house in Indiana didn’t sit well with us.