Posted on 10/18/2013 4:39:04 AM PDT by jimbo123
After last evening's vote to reopen the government and raise the debt ceiling, groups on the right were already criticizing Republicans who voted for the bipartisan compromise as traitors and threatening to work against their re-election.
But longtime GOP Sen. Orrin Hatch said on MSNBC's "Daily Rundown" Thursday that those groups -- particularly a surging and newly controversial Heritage Action -- were risking their credibility by attacking Republicans and fueling primary challengers.
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Hatch, who himself survived a primary challenge from the right in 2012, had both empathy and praise for Minority Leader Mitch McConnell in leading the deal, possibly to his own peril. With the Kentucky Republican facing both a primary and general election fight, he drew the ire of both sides by working with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to finally reach a compromise after 16 days.
"McConnell is a terrific leader," said Hatch. "There’s nobody who’s been any better than McConnell. He’s good, he’s tough, he’s smart, he knows what he’s doing and I’m telling you something -- this has been tough for him."
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I’m glad that the grain is being separated from the chaff, finally. Too bad it couldn’t have happened before the 2008 election.
I’m glad that the grain is being separated from the chaff, finally. Too bad it couldn’t have happened before the 2008 election.
Shut up Hatch, just get a room with McCain already.
A$$holes.
Mr. niteowl77
And he sold his country down the road.
McConnell Debt Plan: Press Release Conservatism
Section 1002 of the bill provides for McConnell’s infamous resolution of disapproval. Basically, within three weeks of the President’s official request for a debt limit increase (until Feb 7, 2014 in this case), Congress can force a vote to disapprove of the request. There’s one problem, though. That resolution must pass with 2/3ds majorities in both houses.
There's no recovering from this. The U.S.A. is finished.
Previously known as old bulls of the senate don’t yet know that they are steers.
Please steal my new tag line.
I read this headline, and it’s the last in a long string of such headlines, and now I wonder what’s going to happen.
Because it seems like ‘that’s enough’.
Orrin Hatch has been touch and go on conservative vs sleazy politics as usual working for the undisclosed donor, ceaselessly disappointing conservatives since he grilled then Ltc Ollie North in 1986
He goes on MSNBC to criticize conservatives?
B Bennet and Ann Coulter lecture that it’s ‘crazy’ not to want republicans in power, that no matter what they do, we need them in the majority, and, by name they cite McCain
Pat Buchanan says with republicans willing to unleash obamacare onto the American people who would vote for them?
Orrin Hatch is one of many of the GOP who is so happy for any spotlight of media but NOT the spotlight of truth that Jim Demint and the conservatives are working to shine on them for the sake of their employers-The People
They need to get out of the way. Ann is stuck hawking a book she threw together in which she chose the wrong side again. Beck gave her a dose of sunlight yesterday
say adios Orrin, voters will remove you from your cushy government job chomping at the government trough
Hatch is a smooth talking traitor to the Americans he lords over. If he talks just a bit softer, he’ll sound like Reid (brothers in elitist subjugation).
Safely reelected. Thanks Sarah. Thanks Mark Levin.
“say adios Orrin, voters will remove you from your cushy government job chomping at the government trough”
Doubtful. Orrin is 79 years old. He easily overcame a primary challenge and was reelected in 2012 with 65% of the vote despite having been a buddy of Ted Kennedy for years and inside member of the “club”. He won’t face the voters again until 2018 when he’ll be 84 and likely too old to run.
Due to his age, like McCain, Hatch is probably in his last term. Not facing the voters again allows him to do real mischief with no consequences. Plus, having easily beaten back a challenge in 2012 he likely feels invincible should his health allow him to run again in 2018.
Hatch is a prime example of the need for both term limits and age limits.
What is Hatch’s plan for killing Obamacare?
Pope Paul VI put the opulent vestments away. Pope JP II lived in poverty in his little room there was nothing but a bed and a table. He gave away every gift he ever received
Any one can serve without being lavished upon and made up and put in the spotlight
And that is what is going to appeal to voters (the majority?, i don’t know)
One doesn’t need the pomp to go on twitter and the new republicans are adept at the new media
Obie said yesterday he was going to get good at the new media
He cannot. The Internet media has no middle man. Any dishonest broker cannot stand up to the honesty
I wonder about the constitutionality of that provision. It is an abdication of a constitutional role.
that is a shame
Tell me again why this guy was reelected a few years ago?
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