Posted on 11/17/2010 7:39:42 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest
First came the Searchlight Brawler, Harry Reid. Now Orrin Hatch joins the ranks of the Senate tough guys . . .
Asked whether—like fellow Utah Senator Robert Bennett—he might be defeated in his bid to obtain the Republican nomination, Hatch bragged "I'm a lot tougher" than Bennett, and considerably more conservative to boot.
Hatch's macho moment came this morning during an interview with Chuck Todd on MSNBC's Daily Rundown. When Todd asked whether he intended to seek re-election in 2012, Hatch, to his credit, didn't mince words, saying he was definitely running, subject only to continuing to feel physically strong. But when Todd asked if Hatch might meet the same fate as Bennett at the Utah GOP nominating convention, Orrin flexed his muscles.
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Tough guy Orrin Hatch ping to Today show list.
Too conciliatory for the current war of ideas.
“I believe Bob Bennett should have been re-elected”....That pretty much blew Hatch’s conservative cover.
Good point!
Yeh I remember when good ole Orrin was nodding his head like a bobble doll over the immigration bill and now he is a co-sponsor on S.510 the Food Safety Act. What a conservative!! Not. 2012 bye bye Orrin.
Hatch is a FAKE Conservative. He always TALKS a good game. Don’t be fooled by this pretender. He is “the establishment”.
True Believer Ping
This will be fun to watch. One slip up from Hatch and there will be a Tea Party bus rolling down I-15. Hatch will crap his pants.
The closed airport landing of his Cessna 340 with him as PIC and sticking up for ear marks has me concerned...
“I am starting to worry about Inohofe...”
Ditto for him as well as several others.
Just as the public wakes up and starts to demand a move to the right, too many of the people that used to be “right” appear to be drifting towards the squishy middle.
It just makes the rock that has to be rolled up the hill bigger.
No matter how “tough” you are, it’s the same set of voters.
Now he's the personification of a an entrenched, aging (77), DC elite hack, passing his time away espousing feel-good marxist social dictum like amnesty so he can buy his way into heaven at this late date.
Leni
We'll just have to cook him a little longer.
So all those Marxists you approved for seats on the Supreme Court...I guess that was just my imagination, huh Orrin??!!
Good one!
Leni
So where are we on this guy?
I haven’t followed him for a few years but if I recall he was pretty conservative.
Has the worm turned?
I haven’t followed him for a few years but if I recall he was pretty conservative.
....ahhh, he was pretty conservative when he considered the odious Fat Ted his best buddy in the Senate? Watch his votes... and look at the leftist regulatory crap his even sponsors, time to retire Orin, before you get chased out!
ymmv
I will follow him.
Thank for the hint and a starting point for my research.
I am itching to get rid of anyone who has been in the Senate far to long.
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