mr. mourdock's? >> i am glad to have the rebuttal for this question because it is so important, and certainly senator lugar and i agree that it is a travesty that the president of the united states cannot present a budget. we do have a chance to grow this economy, and that has to be our goal. we have to be growing our gdp at least 2% he. as horrible as our national debt is today at $15.4 trillion, we can pay that off but we've got to be acting to reduce the size of government now so that we can grow the economy to generate the revenue to get that job done. >> mr. lugar? >> i had another thought in response to the question that we need to make sure that these bush tax cuts remain. democrats are pushing that to the post election selection. and beyond that i believe beyond -- cut our taxes so they are aligned competitive with the rest of the were. that would be very important in getting new capital to this country and people in fact offer more jobs right now. >> our next question mousses to the area of

mr. mourdock representing indiana. he believes there's too much collaboration. it's his ilk that paralyzed the government after the 2010 election. >> ifill: mourdock, a tea party favorite says lugar's republican vision is dated. >> this si a very broad-based coalition. this is an intraparty rebellion, if you will against someone who has been there a long time and who unfortunately has separated himself from indiana republicans. >> good morning. jim mourdock. >> nice meeting you. >> ifill: 20 years lugar's junior, mourdock says the senator who has voted for the debt ceiling, the auto bailout and two obama supreme court nominees is ripe for defeat. >> it is time for a different sense of conservatism in the united states senate. and i think that is especially true now that mitt romney is the nominee apparent. >> mourdock, mourdock. >> ifill: tea party act vises made up his mind to try to defeat lugar even before he found another candidate to support. >> he has drift toad far to the left. and right now a lot of his supporters will say well, he's a spaceman and he wo

i am richard mourdock and ask for your vote because what we have great respect for mr. lugar, we have differences. competition is a good thing. i do believe it is time. thank you. >> thank you both for sharing or thoughts with us this evening on the u.s. senate race. this has been sponsored by the indiana debate commission. our thanks also to the candidates staffs and to our hosts for this broadcast, wfyi. thank you thanks to the voters to ask the questions. the primary election is coming up tuesday may 8. the commission plans to hold 3 debate in the race for governor this fall. for more information on the indian and debate commission, log onto www.indianadebatecommission.com. thanks for checking in. from indianapolis, good night. >> this evening, remarks today from eric holder, speaking about race in the criminal-justice system. then george w. bush on the goals of his foundation. he also addresses the current economy and tax policy. chris christie on his efforts to balance the budget in new jersey. president obama discusses the buffett wrote. it would require millionai

i am richard mourdock and ask for your vote because what we have great respect for mr. lugar, we have differences. competition is a good thing. i do believe it is time. thank you. >> thank you both for sharing or thoughts with us this evening on the u.s. senate race. this has been sponsored by the indiana debate commission. our thanks also to the candidates staffs and to our hosts for this broadcast, wfyi. thank you thanks to the voters to ask the questions. the primary election is coming up tuesday may 8. the commission plans to hold 3 debate in the race for governor this fall. one each in northern, central and southern indiana. for more information on the indian and debate commission, log onto www.indianadebatecommission.com. thanks for checking in. thank you to our audience for being beautifully quiet. you will have a chance to make some noise in just a moment if you want. from indianapolis, good night. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> more coverage coming up tomorrow afternoon about t