`` Some people say , well , we do understand it , and by golly , we 're going to wait until we have majorities in both houses , the White House , where there 's two years , four years , six years , but the country has to keep going in the meanwhile , '' Lugar said . Richard Lugar 's primary defeat is the latest blow to the political center in the U.S. Senate . Nearly half a dozen moderate ##s in both parties are elected this year . John Mourdock , who defeated Lugar , favored compromise over reform . After conceding defeat , Lugar slammed Mourdock 's approach .
Richard Lugar 's primary defeat is the latest blow to the political center in the U.S. Senate . Nearly half a dozen moderate ##s in both parties are elected this year . John Mourdock , who defeated Lugar , favored compromise over reform . After conceding defeat , Lugar slammed Mourdock 's approach .