The clarity of truth -- from a Republican

Richard Mourdock, Indiana's State Treasurer and the Tea Party supported candidate for the Republican nomination for the U. S. Senate, has soundly defeated Senator Richard Lugar, who has served Indiana in the Senate for 42 years.  Lugar was one of the few remaining Republicans who sometimes worked in bipartisan cooperation to get good bills passed.

Mourdock has made it quite clear that he will not follow in Lugar's footsteps.  To him, "bipartisanship" means "having the Democrats come our way."

In other words, Mourdock would fit right in with the defeat-Obama-above-all-else crowd we have there now.

That should be good news for the Democrats.  It improves their prospects for picking up the Indiana seat, which was inconceivable with Lugar as the candidate.  Maybe enough moderate Republicans and Independents will swing the vote over.  

Obama did carry Indiana in 2008, albeit by less than 1% of the vote;  and he wasn't expected to carry it in 2012.  This might even help his chances, if enough people get energized about picking up the Senate seat and go to the polls.

Ralph