Editors note: Thought you might enjoy this, Senator Lugar nails it talking about the fringe TEA Party candidates costing the Republicans a majority in the Senate. I guess you can say Richard Mourdock, Christine O'Donnell and Sharon Angle (all endorsed by the TEA Party Express) are 3 peas in a pod.
(CNN) – Republican Sen. Dick Lugar said Sunday Republicans should support his candidacy if they want to hold onto his Indiana Senate seat in 2012.
The six-term senator, who may face a difficult reelection due to a challenge from the right, used recent Republican Senate losses in Nevada and Colorado to expose the flaws in tea party-backed candidates.
"They were people who claimed that they wanted somebody who was more of their tea party aspect, but in doing so, they killed off the Republican chances for a majority," Lugar said on CNN's "State of the Union." "This is one of the reasons why we have a minority in the Senate right now."
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