Tea Party Victory, Global Defeat
The crushing defeat of US Senator Richard Lugar, in a Tea Party-supported campaign of shocking mindlessness, has set alarm bells ringing in capitals around the world. Perhaps most disturbingly, Lugar was mocked by his opponents for his foreign-policy expertise and reputation as an outstanding statesman.
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CANBERRA – You wouldn’t expect much interest beyond the United States, or even beyond his own state, when an 80-year-old conservative legislator, who has already served six terms, loses his party’s endorsement to run yet again. But the crushing defeat of Senator Richard Lugar in the recent Indiana Republican primary, in a Tea Party-supported campaign of shocking mindlessness, has reverberated in capitals around the world, including my own.