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From: Dale Baker	10/23/2011 5:35:48 PM
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Jacob Heilbrunn recently explained the larger dynamic, in which the Republican foreign-policy establishment may well evaporate in the event of a Lugar defeat. “It isn’t just the career of the Senate’s senior-most Republican that is at stake here; it is an entire tradition of Republican foreign policy that is being repudiated by the party faithful,” Heilbrunn noted. When it comes to international affairs, Lugar has maintained a degree of seriousness that his party no longer seems capable of fathoming. It is no exaggeration to say the ratification of the New START treaty last year was the direct result of Dick Lugar’s efforts. As far to the right as he is on nearly every issue, this conservative Republican still believes in a U.S. foreign policy that can and should be bipartisan. It’s one of the reasons much of the GOP base is inclined to end his career next year. “Beyond redemption,” indeed. by Steve Benen

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