Poll: Mourdock Headed for Comfortable Win Over Lugar

Poll: Mourdock Headed for Comfortable Win Over Lugar

Indiana Senator Richard Lugar in debate with Indiana State Treasurer Richard Mourdock.

According to a poll on Friday, Indiana State Treasurer Richard Mourdock is headed for a comfortable win over Indiana's senior Senator Richard Lugar in the Indiana primary just four days before the ballots open.  The Howey/DePauw poll gave Mourdock a 10 percentage point lead and a huge blow for the veteran Senator.  Earlier this week, Lugar was two points up in a survey with ties to his campaign.  Voters will head to the polls on Tuesday to decide which of these two men in the Republican men will face Democrat Rep. Joe Donnelly in November's Senate election.  Mourdock has won endorsements from major conservative figures such as former Alaska governor and 2008 VP candidate Sarah Palin, Minnesota Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann, and Grover Norquist.  Lugar has the backing of Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels.  The campaign has become increasingly bitter in the weeks running up to the poll.  The poll among 700 likely votes was conducted on Monday and Tuesday by Republican pollster Christine Matthews and Democrat Fred Yang.  It gave Mourdock a 48% to 38% lead.  This poll represents a massive swing to Mourdock since Howey/DePauw polled the state in late March.  At the last polling Lugar had a seven-point lead over Mourdock.  The pollster says Lugar is likely to be defeated because pollsters think 36 years is long enough for a Senator to remain in office.  Richard Lugar won his first Senate seat in 1976. 

If this poll is accurate, then we'll have an incumbent Republican defeated in Indiana's primary.  That's wonderful news.  There are numerous other incumbent Republicans that need to be defeated in their state's primaries.  There's a possibility that Utah Senator Orrin Hatch could be defeated in it's June 26th primary. He's held his seat in Utah as long as Lugar has held his seat in Indiana.   I would like to see House Speaker John Boehner and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor receive stiff opposition in their primaries, which hasn't transpired this year.  We need to vote out these career politicians.  They're part of the problem.  They're worthless.  They don't care anything about the Constitution.  They're not standing against President Obama's socialist agenda.  Hopefully Indiana voters will send a message to Lugar and that is good riddance.  Indiana's better off without you!