Tea Party Extremist Richard Mourdock (won primary against Lugar) ‘scrubbing’ his website
Democrats are criticizing Indiana Republican U.S. Senate candidate Richard Mourdock for removing pre-primary material from his website, saying that it is evidence that he is distancing himself from the Tea Party base that helped his primary win.
Politico reported Wednesday that Mourdock had taken down material since the May 8 primary where he defeated U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar (R), with the support of Tea Party groups nationally and in Indiana. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee was quick to accuse Mourdock of hiding from his association with the Tea Party as he heads into a general election battle against Rep. Joe Donnelly (D).
"Over the course of his Tea Party career, Richard Mourdock has questioned the constitutionality of Social Security and Medicare and spent $2 million in taxpayer dollars on a lawsuit that could’ve jeopardized over 100,000 Indiana jobs. And now he's calling for more partisan gridlock in Washington," Shah said
Mourdock, the Indiana state treasurer, defeated the six-term Lugar based on his support from Tea Party groups, along with a campaign that painted Lugar as out of touch with Indiana. FreedomWorks, a national Tea Party organization based in Washington, and Tea Party leaders in Indiana told The Huffington Post last week that it believes the formula used to elect Mourdock could be duplicated nationally to elect conservative Republicans to the Senate.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/24/richard-mourdock-indiana-senate-race-richard-mourdock-tea-party-website_n_1543537.html
Not surprising as a post-primary strategy, but we must make sure that his tea party roots and stance on issues is a major part of the campaign.
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