Lugar Polling Possible Mourdock Challenge?

From fellow blogger Diana Vice:

This turn of events [a possible Mourdock challenge to Lugar] might explain the phone call that my daughter received a couple days before the election wherein a lengthy phone conversation took place as she was grilled about her opinions of Richard Lugar.

After a few generic questions about political preferences, the caller asked several pointed questions about whether or not my daughter would support Richard Lugar if he were to run against Richard Mourdock and others.

When my daughter stated that she would vote against Richard Lugar no matter who ran against him in a primary race, the caller followed up by asking if she would change her mind if Lugar opposed President Obama's healthcare agenda. My daughter answered no, she would not vote for Richard Lugar regardless of what position he took on healthcare.

The caller followed-up by asking my daughter if she was associated with the Tea Party movement. Although my daughter is not affiliated with the tea party movement in a political sense, she did say that she would support tea party candidates such as Sarah Palin over all others. She said it was clear that it was not a message that the caller wanted to hear.

While I can't specifically say why the poll was conducted, I have to wonder if those in the Lugar camp are getting a little nervous. We can only hope that Lugar's liberal voting record and repugnant political associations are starting to catch up with him.

Let's just hope that Lugar becomes the next political casualty courtesy of the tea party movement.

Boy, it would be interesting to be a fly on the wall in Dick Lugar's office over the next couple of days.

The tea party has toppled mightier figures than Dick Lugar in the past year. The real question will be whether they will continue to be able to do so going into 2012.