Posted on 02/22/2016 2:44:52 PM PST by pilgrim
Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch endorsed Florida Sen. Marco Rubio for president, the senator's staff confirmed to the Washington Examiner.
Hatch is one of the highest ranking Republicans in Congress, and he is third in the line of the succession to the U.S. presidency as president pro tempore of the United States Senate.
The six-term senator had previously endorsed Jeb Bush and sought the Republican presidential nomination in 2000. Hatch's endorsement could be interpreted as a sign of the party's governing class rallying to Rubio.
**** “My gawd, is he still alive?” ****
The debate is on-going, occasionally it rises to a Deafening level of a whispered “Who Cares” with the other side almost as exercised replying “Die Already”
Loretta Lynch is another one of those Hatch wanted confirmed.
I guarantee he will let Obama replace Scalia, thereby reversing the good the Justice did in his career.
Hannity help Hatch in his last election and now admits it was a mistake.
Hatch went after the Tea Party. Can’t this guy just leave office or croak of old age>?
David Frum said that Marco Rubio is running on the
I know you voters are angry with the establishment, pick me so we can fight the establishment, while he stands on the stage with ....the establishment.
It was pretty funny.
Regardless of polls, Rubio is favored to win in Utah, every utah politician has lined up, if only in private, behind Rubio since LAST SUMMER.
This is also telling
“Without invoking his name, Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah scolded fellow Republican Sen. Ted Cruz on Sunday for publicly accusing their party leader of lying about a deal to revive an obscure government agency, saying comity in the august chamber is both tradition and simply “the honorable thing to do.””
Mr. Hatch did not call out Mr. Cruz by name, but he didn’t need to, as it was clear he was calling to task the freshman Texan who is running for president.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jul/26/sen-orrin-hatch-scolds-sen-ted-cruz-for-saying-sen/
FWIW, what is the median age of the Senate? How many need to retire and play shuffleboard in Boca? Beam me up Scotty...
GOPe bump for later....
LOL!!
Still time.
The Washington DC establishment hath spoken.
Primary him!
I was so disappointed when Sarah Palin endorsed him (and McCain).
Well, no one’s perfect.
Trying to head off liberal Don Trump....
People in UT will be thrilled with Mario then. They do as Orrin tells them.
And everyone was getting along so nice.
10-4?
The six-term senator...So you have a role in all of the nations problems for the last 36 years. Good Job
Of course Senator Hatch is backing Rubio....Marco is the present GOPe flame de jour.
Will Mike Lee stand for the U.S. Constitution along side Cruz or Trump?
That is a great endorsement!! LOL!!
Link to where Lee endorsed Cruz. I don’t believe he did.
For whom the bell tolls.
Oh, ever since that gay story came out about Marco Man, I haven’t been able to read things quite the same.
The FLAME of the GOPe you say?
LOL
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