Posted on 03/03/2011 5:44:02 AM PST by Utah Binger
No one should ever accuse Utah's senior U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch, in office 34 years, of not being a hard worker. But lately, Hatch seems to be expending much of his soon-to-be 77-year-old body and intellect toward a desperate effort to convince a small portion of Utah Republicans that he is Tea Party-approved.
As a result, the distinguished-looking senator is beginning to look very unserious. He's reversed a longstanding tradition of being a conservative statesman with the political skills to work with Democrats to reach compromise. Common-sense positions Hatch once espoused on issues such as immigration and health care reform have been ditched for from-the-larnyx "no's" to stances from the administration. Attempts at compromise that come from the administration are often greeted with derision by Hatch.
Sometimes, the senator sounds more like a "Baghdad Bob"-type shill than a member of the U.S. Senate. He jumped the shark earlier this week when he let loose with a profanity at Utah State University when describing President Barack Obama's health care reform law. You can watch the video here It was embarrassing to watch Hatch use such desperate efforts.
The senator's desperation is due to Utah's nominating procedure, which allows state delegates to winnow candidates down to one or two during convention. The delegates tend to be quite a bit more conservative than the mainstream. Hatch's past efforts at bipartisanship have soured his popularity with many delegates. The senator, mindful that his former colleague, the respected conservative Robert Bennett, was swapped at convention for Tea Party idealogue Mike Lee, is trying to drink the Utah tea as hot and fast as he can.
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I have a few friends in Utah.
They are not supporting Hatch in any more elections.
They don’t believe him anymore.
Hatch is waaaaay too old.
I want an age limit on Congress critters & state critters in the legislatures.
You may be partially right if you think age causes stupidity.
My opinion is that Hatch has always been a go along to get along guy that never learned how to be a statesman. Also he has used the “Good Mormon” RINO thing to his advantage.
We need to dismiss him in the primaries and nominate a grownup
that understands what is really happening to us. Now in my seventieth year, I for one am not running but I know my age has not made me stupid.....yet. LOL
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