tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post4560630550938603704..comments2023-10-16T07:13:12.123-05:00Comments on A plain blog about politics: Campaigns and Lugar/HatchJonathan Bernsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-76809710616214880552012-05-10T18:30:20.947-05:002012-05-10T18:30:20.947-05:00Hatch moved back toward the right on roll call vot...Hatch moved back toward the right on roll call votes in recent years and Lugar did not. Lugar's decision to be one of only 3 Republican Senators to oppose the filibuster of the Dream Act (one of the others, Bennett of Utah was a lame duck who had been defeated for re-nomination) in December 2010 was a very odd choice for someone who was likely to encounter conservative primary opposition in less than 1.5 years. Immigration restrictionists may be a small fraction of the general electorate, but they are a sizable force in Republican primaries.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com