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Hatch seems like a good conservative until it comes to the crunch, and then somehow or other he always does the wrong thing. He inevitably lets the side down when it really counts.

Paul Weyrich of Free Congress Foundation calls it a "congenital need to be liked."

Not sure myself what it is. During the Miguel Estrada debate on the floor, there was no one who pushed harder for him and no one who stayed longer in the fight -- and he did it with a couple of herniated disks.

Darned if I understand this, though.

I have been wondering about the lack of resolve (backbone)of the Republicans. It seems that this started about 1996.
http://www.townhall.com/documents/contract.html
The “Contract With America” 1994: As Republican Members of the House of Representatives and as citizens seeking to join that body we propose not just to change its policies, but even more important, to restore the bonds of trust between the people and their elected representatives.

http://www.epic.org/privacy/databases/fbi/filegate/
In June 1996, it was revealed that the White House had requested and obtained the FBI records on over 400 individuals without their permission. Other unconfirmed news reports now say that as many as 900 files might have been pulled.
Maybe this is just a coincidence???