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| Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) looks on as Republican leadership speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 8, 2012. (Photo: Luke Sharrett / The New York Times) |
By Jonathan Weisman and Jennifer Steinhauer,
The New York Times News Service | Report
Washington - The primary victory of a -blessed candidate in Indiana illustrates how closely Republican hopes for a majority in the Senate are tied to candidates who pledge to infuse the chamber with the deep-seated conservatism that has been the hallmark of the House since the Republicans gained control in 2010.
Richard E. Mourdock, who last week defeated
Senator Richard G. Lugar, a six-term incumbent, promises to bring an
uncompromising ideology to Capitol Hill if he prevails in November. And
he is not the only Senate candidate who contends that Senate Republicans
are badly in need of new blood.
In Arizona, Missouri, Nebraska and Texas,
Republican Senate candidates are vying for the mantle of Tea Party
outsider. A number of them say that they would seek to press an agenda
that is generally to the right of the minority leader, Senator of Kentucky, and that they would demand a deeper policy role for the Senate’s growing circle of staunch conservatives.
Some say they have not decided whether they
would support Mr. McConnell, who could find himself contending with the
type of fractious rank and file that has vexed the House speaker, John
A. Boehner of Ohio. READ MORE
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