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McConnell reaches out to Romney about possible Senate bid [if Hatch retires]
Associated Press ^
| Apr 7, 2017 11:41 AM EDT
| Stephen Ohlemacher
Posted on 04/07/2017 9:06:23 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he has reached out to former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney about possibly running for the Senate — if a vacancy opens in Utah.
There has been much speculation about whether Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah will retire instead of running for re-election. The 83-year-old Hatch has fueled some of it. …
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TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Utah
KEYWORDS: 2018midterms; gopprimary; hatch; mcconnell; romney; romney2018; romneysenate; senate; ut2018
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posted on
04/07/2017 9:06:23 AM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
04/07/2017 9:07:24 AM PDT
by
dp0622
(The only thing an upper crust cIonservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
To: Olog-hai
The GoP bench must be as thin in Utah as it is in California if Mitt is being considered as an option.
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posted on
04/07/2017 9:07:42 AM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi - Monthly Donors Rock!!!)
To: Olog-hai
Great. Can’t he just go save the olympics again or something? Mitt wishywashy. Only slightly better than a dementocrat. What about evan muckmuffin? ;-)
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posted on
04/07/2017 9:10:05 AM PDT
by
rktman
(Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
To: Olog-hai
Mitch says, “I like Mitt. His name’s almost the same as mine. Nearly perfect!”
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posted on
04/07/2017 9:10:21 AM PDT
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: NormsRevenge
RINO out, RINO in. Guess it could be worse.
To: Olog-hai
Would we even notice the difference?
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posted on
04/07/2017 9:14:25 AM PDT
by
cdcdawg
To: Olog-hai
I would have thought Jason Chaffetz would have been the heir apparent to Hatch rather than Romney.
To: cdcdawg
Hatch and the Ted Kennedy (D-Chivas) were best buds. Now we can look forward to the odd couple to The backstabbing weasel Mitt and Chuck the Schmuck?
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posted on
04/07/2017 9:19:41 AM PDT
by
slapshot
( Speaker Ryan is a sober and less tan version of John Boehner)
To: slapshot
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posted on
04/07/2017 9:21:09 AM PDT
by
cdcdawg
To: Olog-hai
Swamp people - McConnell lining up his replacement.
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posted on
04/07/2017 9:22:38 AM PDT
by
MomwithHope
(The pendulum is swinging our way!..)
To: Olog-hai
Romney is BAAD NEWS. He us a traitor! No more Bushbots or Bush clones
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posted on
04/07/2017 9:25:53 AM PDT
by
ZULU
(DUMP THAT POS PAUL RYAN!! HE KILLED OBAMACARE REPEAL AND WILL KILL TAX REFORM!!)
To: Olog-hai
I’d rather have Romney than that other fraud McMuffin as a Senator.
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posted on
04/07/2017 9:26:05 AM PDT
by
ObozoMustGo2012
("Be quiet... you are #fakenews!")
To: Olog-hai
Romney is a POS. Stay away.
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posted on
04/07/2017 9:35:11 AM PDT
by
blam
To: Olog-hai
Millionnaire Massachusetts Mittens is going to have to reinvent (flip-flop) himself if he thinks pro-abortion, anti-gun is going to win in Utah.
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posted on
04/07/2017 9:45:38 AM PDT
by
Skybird
(GO AWAY MITTENS)
To: Olog-hai
Oh please! Hey Mitt? There is a Chevy Dealership in Harrison Arkansas hiring salesmen. You can use me for a reference!
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posted on
04/07/2017 9:48:37 AM PDT
by
donozark
(Lock HER up! Lock HIM up! Kick 'em out! Build the wall! GO TRUMP!!)
To: Olog-hai
Not much of a reach is it?
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posted on
04/07/2017 9:53:23 AM PDT
by
Leep
(Cyclops Network News (CNN). The Most Trusted Source Of Fake News.)
To: Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
This will work out about as well as did Specter, Chaffee, Murkowski, and Crist. All can’t miss RINO recruits.
To: Olog-hai
The Uniparty wants another Cheap Labor Express Republican vote for amnesty.
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posted on
04/07/2017 10:13:17 AM PDT
by
Lurkinanloomin
(Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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