Sen. Hatch touts Christie-Martinez ticket in 2016

The Albuquerque Journal ^ | November 7, 2013 | James Monteleone / Journal Staff Writer

[CedarDave]

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez would make a “great” 2016 Republican presidential ticket, longtime Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, told reporters Wednesday.

The endorsement of Martinez as a vice presidential nominee with Christie came after Martinez joined the New Jersey governor this week to help him campaign into the homestretch of his successful gubernatorial re-election bid.

“Let’s face it: Susana Martinez has a lot of qualities that would help a lot of people to understand that the Republican Party is a broad base party,” Hatch said.

[CedarDave]

Susana has to run for re-election next year and this and similar expressions of her being a VP candidate in 2016 won't help her win re-election. The local Rats, with infusions of out-of-state money, will have a field day using statements like this against her and touting her as only a place-holder until running in 2016 for VP. As for Susana, she repeatedly states that she is focused only on running for re-election and serving the state for another four years. Of course, even if she is completely sincere, it could be pointed out that her statement is what every candidate, Pub or Dem, say when their re-election would occur before a possible future campaign for public office.

And as for Hatch, the senile old RINO should retire back in Utah, the sooner the better. I used to be a fan of his, but after his statement yesterday in a Fox interview ("Cuccinelli would have won if a couple of Senators had not shut down the government.") he's nothing more than an embarrassment or worse a detriment to the people of Utah who elected him.

[CedarDave]

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[SamuraiScot]

For some reason, the expression “lead balloon” comes into my head.

[Vigilanteman]

Christie might be the cat's pajamas to the media now. But if he gets the nomination, he will get the Mitt Romney treatment-- a guy who personally killed people with cancer and turned into a right-wing extremist.

[Vaquero]

first get rid of Hatch. what a POS.

[GeronL]

These people are pathetically predictable

[ratzoe]

Christie might be the cat's pajamas to the media now. But if he gets the nomination, he will get the Mitt Romney treatment-- a guy who personally killed people with cancer and turned into a right-wing extremist.

And what republican/conservative won't get the same treatment??? It's a given, thats how the democrats roll.

[ratzoe]

Oh..don’t take my comment as an endorsement of Christie...no way, no how.

[IbJensen]

Senator Hatch, like his fellow Mormon from Nevada, is a candidate for a booby hatch.

[Parmy]

Hatch is delusional, as always. The brain isn’t working at all well.

[WayneS]

Two thumbs down.

[Vigilanteman]

. . . which is why we need someone like Ted Cruz who understands from the get-go that the enemedia will never be his friend and is willing to fight them to the finish line.

[LegendHasIt]

Sorry, but if Christie is the head of the ticket, I wouldn’t vote for him, even if he picked ME to be his VP.

I might vote for a Martinez / Christie ticket, but only after speaking to her Doctor to make sure she is in absolutely perfect health.

Now, you put up a Cruz / Martinez ticket, and I’ll give them money, and go out and campaign for them.

[pallis]

So Hatch must not like Governor Martinez. If he did, he wouldn’t be trying to tie her to Christie’s beached ship.

[silverleaf]

“Let’s face it: Susana Martinez has a lot of qualities that would help a lot of people to understand that the Republican Party is a broad base party”

and what would those be, Orrin? breasts and a latino name?

[Venturer]

Exactly

Hatch needs to be primaried himself.

If Hatch endorses someone it’s a pretty sure bet that someone isn’t worth a lb. of pig crap.

[livius]

There was an article about a new TV sitcom series dealing with a group of dysfunctional politicians. The original script had all of them as Democrats. The series was taken on by one of the big networks and Gary Trudeau (yes, the same one who writes that incredibly offensive cartoon strip) is the writer.

Guess what? The “Democrat” politicians turned into Republicans in his script because he thought it would be “funnier.” In other words, another way of giving a bad image to the GOP ... in a show originally written about Democrats.

[CedarDave]

first get rid of Hatch. what a POS.

Yes indeed. I hadn't seen the below article and thread before I did a keyword search on "Orrin Hatch":

GOP Establishment Signals Primary Fight Against Tea Party Favorite Mike Lee

Tuesday, 79-year old Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT), now serving his seventh term in the Senate, signaled that he and other members of the Republican establishment are likely to encourage a primary challenge to first term Senator Mike Lee (R-UT).

Hatch told the Deseret News and KSL NewsRadio that "[i]t's time now... for Lee and other tea party Republicans to be 'rehabilitated' for refusing to pass a budget bill needed to keep the government operating unless money for the act better known as Obamacare was removed."

[LibLieSlayer]

You sorry ass is gone orin!

[madison10]

Need glasses adjusted: thought it said the Chrissie Matthews ticket.