Dick Lugar used to be OUR US Senator. Now, according to MSNBC, Lugar is “Barack Obama’s Favorite Republican.” Why?
• Dick Lugar voted for Obama’s liberal supreme court nominees – Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan
• Senator Dick Lugar appeared in a 2008 Obama campaign commercial
• Lugar co-sponsored Obama’s DREAM Act that would provide amnesty for illegal immigrants
• Lugar recently expressed support for banning legal firearms in response to the shooting in Tucson
• Dick Lugar voted against earmark reform
• Dick Lugar helped ram the START Treaty through the lame duck session so that newly elected Republican senators couldn't even consider it
Simply put, Obama loves having Republican Senator Dick Lugar on his side.

But we Republicans in Indiana need someone who will speak for us. Not Barack Obama. That’s why, after much consideration, I’ve decided to challenge Dick Lugar in the Republican Primary for US Senate.

After 35 years in Washington, Dick Lugar has forgotten what it means to be a Republican. But we haven't.

You know, President Obama once said that Dick Lugar was among those “who have shaped my ideas and who will be surrounding me in the White House.”

But, instead, it appears that Obama has shaped Lugar.

To turn our country around, we need fresh ideas from new leaders who hold conservative principles. As Indiana State Treasurer, I single-handedly challenged the Obama Administration’s illegal bailout and takeover of Chrysler. I took this case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of Indiana pensioners and all the while, Dick Lugar never once protested the fact that Indiana's teachers and State Police officers were having their pensions funds looted.

I will stand up for hard-working citizens, unlike the bureaucrats that are in Washington now.

Folks, it’s time. It's our time to be heard and so I humbly ask for your support.

Sincerely,

Richard Mourdock
Indiana Republican US Senate Candidate

P.S. I’ll be traveling the state in the next 14 months before the May Primary to meet every Republican Primary voter I can. I’d love to meet you face to face. Make sure you watch my website for upcoming events.