Out of the frying pan

MANIFESTO

Let's just say I'm glad I'm not an Indiana Republican and had to make this hideous senatorial choice.

Mourdock appears to want to be all things to all people, as he

is clear on one thing: he is not running as a tea party candidate. While he welcomes the support of tea party groups and says he expects them to coalesce around his campaign, he recognizes the limitations of being defined as a tea party candidate.

At the same time, it's impossible to root for Richard Lugar in this since he'll be eighty freakin' years old by the time the 2012 election occurs. Even Republicans in Indiana must be able to see when nominal public service becomes self-indulgence.