Not to claim this has been thoroughly researched by moi, but only to relate what happened to Lugar. Lugar had teamed up with then Sen. Barack Obama to disarm Ukraine. Lugar was defeated in the 2012 GOP primary after had served for the longest tenure in the GOP.
Mourdock defeated Lugar, but was not a good candidate, so it appears. He had a history of losing campaigns, and said something questionable in a debate.
Now, would something like this had happened if Cornyn had been defeated? Possibly. However, the Democrats only had lightweights in the race too. None of them would have been a shoe-in if Cornyn had been booted. That fear was exaggerated, probably to serve Cornyn's interest.
No doubt, the Tea Party needs better candidates.
Keeping Lugar was really no win for the GOP. In other words, a small loss. If Texas was lost, that may have hurt, but Cornyn is no great shakes either.
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