He thought he owned it

The problem with long serving politicians, particularly Senators is their sense of entitlement.  They forget that they serve at the people's pleasure.  It's one of the consequences of the direct election of Senators.  If state legislators picked them, they would be less arrogant and more useful.  We need to clip these grandees wings and return to the original constitutional design which gave states much more power over the Federal Government so we can get it back under control.  HT Legal insurrection.

That’s the name of a Twitter account which has been active throughout the Indiana primary, and it certainly hit the mark:

Lots of telephone calls were flying between politicians on election night.
Treasurer Richard Mourdock said he has received numerous calls congratulating him on his win in the Republican primary election over Sen. Richard Lugar.
Among them was former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, the party’s presumptive presidential nominee.
Mourdock said he missed Romney’s Tuesday night call, tried to call him back Wednesday and had to settle for Romney’s voice mail.
Also calling were former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum and businessman Herman Cain, both former GOP presidential candidates; former Vice President Dan Quayle; Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and a slew of other senators.
One senator, though, had not called as of late Thursday: Lugar.

During his victory speech, Mourdock went out of his way to lead the crowd in a round of applause for Lugar’s years of public service.

And I have no doubt that Mourdock will continue to unify the Indiana Republican Party.

But Lugar’s conduct post-defeat is demonstrating the wisdom of the voters in retiring him.

Meanwhile, Mourdock’s money bomb is going well, but more is needed to close the gap with Democratic candidate Joe Donnelly.  Contribute here.