Lugar, who turns 80 in April, is suddenly an endangered species—a rare bipartisan moderate in an age of Tea Party absolutism.

Tea Partiers have declared war on the veteran pol they see as part of the Beltway crowd responsible for America’s ills.

Lloyd Grove

Published Mar. 13 2012 4:45AM EDT 

Lloyd Grove

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