<<< Best looking 78 year old in Washington - Orin Hatch won his primary on his way to another 6 year term victory in the fall. Good for him.
Salt Lake Tribune reports:
The tea party, big-spending PACs and challenger Dan
Liljenquist failed Tuesday to force 78-year-old Orrin Hatch into retirement.
The self-proclaimed "tough old bird" flew easily through the GOP
primary, so now only Democrat Scott Howell stands between him and a
record-shattering seventh term.
"I’m very energized by all this," Hatch said as it
became clear he would likely win by a wide margin. "This will give us an
opportunity to help Mitt Romney to get the things that will really turn this
country around."
He vowed to keep working hard in the general election, and
said he will continue to stress how important is for him to become chairman of
the Finance Committee, if Republicans can win control of the Senate. "That’s where 60 percent of all the spending is [controlled],
that’s where the entitlements are, it’s where the terrible tax code is … it’s
all on that committee. Romney understands that," Hatch said . . . . . . you can read the full story here.
Editor’s
note: if you were not
following this election, Senator Orin
Hatch out of Utah, won a hotly contested
primary, tonight (Tuesday) .
He was opposed by the TEA party in Utah and a number of local
conservatives.
I was pleased to see the statesman win. He was given the label, “Establishment Republican,” and,
to an extent, he was that. But Orin Hatch, in my book,
was a practicing conservative long before that became cool. I say he was “Establishment” because he did not have any choice. I spoke out early in favor of his
candidacy, not that such made any
difference, and was pleased with Sarah Palin and the Great One (Mark Levine) as each gave their full support to Orin, as well.
We need legislative perspective as we move forward with the
coming conservative correction and Orin fits the bill perfectly.
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