The Lugar Factor

Dick Lugar is showing an independent-mindedness that was really lacking from any of the Republicans on the armed forces committee. I'll be interested to see what Chuck Hagel has to say. If I had been born yesterday, I would say I had hopes that Lugar could somehow lead the GOP to a return of sanity, but unfortunately we've seen this show before and while Lugar seems well-meaning in some ways he's also steadfastly ineffectual, with no ability to persuade the White House to moderate its course and no stomach for fighting the administration.

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