Posted on 05/11/2010 9:49:21 PM PDT by Southnsoul
When a three term incumbent senator of any affiliation is knocked off, a shiver runs through the club. "Am I next?" appears to hang in the air, precariously wafting through the ornate halls. And in a rare moment of candor, I got a glimpse of this.
Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-UT, invited me to join him on the underground subway that connects the outer office buildings to the Capitol, as we chatted. It's about a four minute ride, but boy did I want it to be longer today. Sitting across from us - Sen. Arlen Specter, D-PA, who is in the political fight for his life back home with polls showing him down against his primary opponent, Rep. Joe Sestak.
It's an odd turn of events in Pennsylvania, with Specter jumping the GOP ship when a challenge from the far right from former Rep. Pat Toomey, former head of the conservative Club for Growth, proved too much for him.
Meanwhile, across the country, three-term incumbent Sen. Bob Bennett, R-UT, just got his head handed to him Saturday at a party convention...
Now back to that subway ride. Here's what then transpired, perhaps best put in script form --- my rough log of my journey:
Specter to Hatch: So - you better watch out, Orrin, Toomey's coming to get you next.
Hatch: What's that?
Specter: That Club for Growth is going to be coming for you next just like they did me.
Hatch: Man - they really savaged Bob. But they're after Republicans.
Specter: Well, they got me.
Hatch: It's vicious out there.
Specter thinking, pauses - looks at me, smiling wryly: Well, you've got the big scoop now don't you?
Gulp. Did I ever. As "fly on the wall" moments go, that one was pretty darn decent.
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But it is. And it's precisely why the Republican senators are still acting like they are. They're convinced, STILL, that if they still play their part in the House of Lords called the Senate then the Dimwits will treat them right. Of course the Dimwits are playing hardball and far to few of the Republicans have realized that yet.
Look at how they speak of American voters, as "They" and "They're after us." "They're coming for you." These senators view the voters as thieves, coming to steal something they own. Remember from the Brown election, he was stealing "Kennedy's Seat".
First we’re coming for the RINOS — Then we’re coming for the Socialists.
First I’m coming for the Socialist-Commies... and if I bag a couple of RINOS along the way, consider that a bonus!
Hey, Specter did something right!
Politicians are so much more tolerable when they are afraid.
This tagline’s been workin’ real good for me...
But I think I’ll try this one for awhile...
Specter to Hatch: So - you better watch out, Orrin, Toomey’s coming to get you next.
Hatch: What’s that?
I love hatch’s answer... huh? what? This doesnt apply to me...
SALT LAKE CITY — Roughly half of likely Utah voters surveyed in a poll say they would vote for someone other than U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch if he were up for re-election this year.The poll released Tuesday comes days after Utah's junior senator, Republican Bob Bennett, failed to make it onto next month's GOP primary ballot after 18 years in office. Commissioned by The Salt Lake Tribune, the poll found that 14 percent of likely voters are unsure whether they'd support Hatch, 35 percent inclined to vote for him and 51 percent inclined to vote for someone else. Link
Um... I wasnt pointing out that Hatch is clueless about the train that will hit him. Both the Republicans and Democrats better be scared. There are no safe seats, just political meat hooks to hang the bodies on.....
Arlen Specter is a rank opportunist who has hopefully run out of opportunites and will be retired by Pennsylvania voters in the upcoming primary. He gives backstabbers a bad name! He has long overstayed his welcome in Washington.
I shall have to give some money to this Club for Growth. They fight.
“They’re convinced, STILL, that if they still play their part in the House of Lords called the Senate then the Dimwits will treat them right. Of course the Dimwits are playing hardball and far to few of the Republicans have realized that yet.”
Sounds like Stockholm Syndrome.
You can rest assured that many Republicans will fold and vote to confirm. The usual suspects; plus a few others. The Court will become a joke like the rest of the Federal Governement.
We are truly screwed for years to come.
They are both RINO’s. Good riddance.
Hatch talks a good game, but I find it really hard to trust someone who was best friends with Edward Kennedy.
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