Lugar, the ranking member on the Senate Foreign Relations committee, is expected by many to be challenged by a Tea Party-supported candidate when he seeks the Republican nomination for his Senate seat in 2012. After Lugar met with Indiana Tea Party leaders in December, the head of one group said, “We obviously would beg to differ that he is conservative, and our experience is that he won’t get the support of any Tea Party group across the state.” from Huff Post