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To: LindyBill who wrote (488302)	5/23/2012 10:37:17 AM
From: MulhollandDrive	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793996

he certainly isn't the worst of the career pols in the R column....but he is no tea party conservative that's for sure i recently had dinner with some friends and the husband is a utah state delegate and he told me that they really want orrin hatch re-elected because of seniority, should they get the senate, he would probably be head of the powerful finance committee....he was convinced orrin hatch will win handily

To: LindyBill who wrote (488302)	5/23/2012 10:47:10 AM
From: sm1th	5 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793996

Hatch is a fighter. But when push comes to shove, he will vote the way most of us here want a Senator to vote. One problem that I have with re-electing Hatch, or any 80 year old is the age. Even the youngest, most energetic senator has to rely a lot on aides for the detail of reading and writing bills. Hatch will be 86 if he completes another term. It is extremely unlikely that he will have the mental capacity to know what he is voting on. Re-electing Hatch is, in effect, electing his senior aides.