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Does Richard Lugar's Defeat by Richard Mourdock Reflect Increasing Partisanship?

By Laura Ellis
Published May 12, 2012 at 6:00 PM EDT

The long tenure of U.S. Senator Richard Lugar is coming to an end, following his defeat by tea party candidate and State Treasurer Richard Mourdoch. NPR's Liz Halloran and WFPL's Phillip M. Bailey joined us Friday on Byline to analyze the change and whether it reflects a shift in ideology & an increasing unwillingness to reach across the aisle.

http://archive.wfpl.org/HereNow/20120511-lugar.mp3
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Laura is LPM's Director of Podcasts & Special Projects. Email Laura at lellis@lpm.org.
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