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bobbyw24
11-10-2010, 10:56 AM
Orrin Hatch Haunted By Ghosts Of Defeat & Could See Tea Party Threat In 2012

The 2010 midterm elections may have only just occurred, but that hasn't stopped speculation from swirling about the vulnerability of Utah Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch, who will fight to keep his seat for a seventh term in 2012.

According to a Salt Lake Tribune/Mason-Dixon survey released this week, 48 percent of voters in the state say they would replace the longtime senator if he were up for reelection today, while 40 percent indicate they would support him retaining his post. Perhaps a more striking finding from the poll is that just 19 percent of Utah GOP delegates favor reelecting the incumbent lawmaker. 71 percent signal it's time to replace him with a fresh conservative face.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/10/orrin-hatch-tea-party-2012_n_781349.html

Elwar
11-10-2010, 10:58 AM
With Democrats losing a lot of their power, look to a lot of old time Dems to start retiring...I'm sure they don't feel like spending their last days in Congress fighting stalemates.

Original_Intent
11-10-2010, 10:59 AM
He is high on my list of 2012 targets, and I think that there will be a pretty active movement via Indepedent Caucus to oust him.

Original_Intent
11-10-2010, 10:59 AM
With Democrats losing a lot of their power, look to a lot of old time Dems to start retiring...I'm sure they don't feel like spending their last days in Congress fighting stalemates.

Hatch is GOP.

UtahApocalypse
11-10-2010, 11:00 AM
I hope so

dannno
11-10-2010, 11:02 AM
Jason Chaffetz!!

JoshLowry
11-10-2010, 11:22 AM
I'd like to see Mel Watts spend some money in his own district.

This is the guy that gutted the End the Fed bill. Somehow he fell off my radar temporarily.

Elwar
11-10-2010, 01:05 PM
Hatch is GOP.

Ya, the OP gave me that idea...but I didn't want to start a new thread since it was related. :)