UT-Dan Jones: Sen. Hatch only 3rd in GOP primary, lead Matheson (D) by only 7

[JohnnyLongtorso]

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/51137757-76/hatch-tea-russo-party.html.csp 

Doesn't change the fact that Chaffetz has been chomping at the bit for that seat since Bennett lost. he was elected to Congress.

Fixed.

[SvenssonRS]

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/51137757-76/hatch-tea-russo-party.html.csp 

Doesn't change the fact that Chaffetz has been chomping at the bit for that seat since Bennett lost. he was elected to Congress.

Fixed.

Either way. The Tea Party may not be targeting it, but Chaffetz is, and given Hatch's positions on...well...freedom, I can't really complain.

[Eraserhead]

Surely Hunstman, while obviously a right-winger, would be more liberal than Hatch.

[SvenssonRS]

Surely Hunstman, while obviously a right-winger, would be more liberal than Hatch.

I'm not sure what he'd be, in honesty, since Orrin Hatch is less on the scale of right/left wing and more on the scale of fascism.

[Badger]

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/51137757-76/hatch-tea-russo-party.html.csp 

Doesn't change the fact that Chaffetz has been chomping at the bit for that seat since Bennett lost. he was elected to Congress.

Fixed.

Either way. The Tea Party may not be targeting it, but Chaffetz is, and given Hatch's positions on...well...freedom, I can't really complain.

Skepicism alert:

"Sal Russo, of the Tea Party Express, which helped drive support for several tea party candidates last year, told the conservative outlet National Review Online that Hatch isn’t a target.

Not mentioned in the story was that Russo is a former campaign consultant for Hatch. He worked on the Utahn’s long-shot 2000 presidential bid."

[SvenssonRS]

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/51137757-76/hatch-tea-russo-party.html.csp 

Doesn't change the fact that Chaffetz has been chomping at the bit for that seat since Bennett lost. he was elected to Congress.

Fixed.

Either way. The Tea Party may not be targeting it, but Chaffetz is, and given Hatch's positions on...well...freedom, I can't really complain.

Skepicism alert:

"Sal Russo, of the Tea Party Express, which helped drive support for several tea party candidates last year, told the conservative outlet National Review Online that Hatch isn’t a target.

Not mentioned in the story was that Russo is a former campaign consultant for Hatch. He worked on the Utahn’s long-shot 2000 presidential bid."

Forgive me, but I'm not seeing the relevance. My point was that the seat is Chaffetz's target, whether the Tea Party wants it or not. Pretty much always has been.

[Badger]

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/51137757-76/hatch-tea-russo-party.html.csp 

Doesn't change the fact that Chaffetz has been chomping at the bit for that seat since Bennett lost. he was elected to Congress.

Fixed.

Either way. The Tea Party may not be targeting it, but Chaffetz is, and given Hatch's positions on...well...freedom, I can't really complain.

Skepicism alert:

"Sal Russo, of the Tea Party Express, which helped drive support for several tea party candidates last year, told the conservative outlet National Review Online that Hatch isn’t a target.

Not mentioned in the story was that Russo is a former campaign consultant for Hatch. He worked on the Utahn’s long-shot 2000 presidential bid."

Forgive me, but I'm not seeing the relevance. My point was that the seat is Chaffetz's target, whether the Tea Party wants it or not. Pretty much always has been.

Agreed, but my point is the tea party might target it after all thus compounding Hatch's woes.

[SvenssonRS]

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/51137757-76/hatch-tea-russo-party.html.csp 

Doesn't change the fact that Chaffetz has been chomping at the bit for that seat since Bennett lost. he was elected to Congress.

Fixed.

Either way. The Tea Party may not be targeting it, but Chaffetz is, and given Hatch's positions on...well...freedom, I can't really complain.

Skepicism alert:

"Sal Russo, of the Tea Party Express, which helped drive support for several tea party candidates last year, told the conservative outlet National Review Online that Hatch isn’t a target.

Not mentioned in the story was that Russo is a former campaign consultant for Hatch. He worked on the Utahn’s long-shot 2000 presidential bid."

Forgive me, but I'm not seeing the relevance. My point was that the seat is Chaffetz's target, whether the Tea Party wants it or not. Pretty much always has been.

Agreed, but my point is the tea party might target it after all thus compounding Hatch's woes.

Ah, right. Sorry, had a slow moment.

[Dunce]

I hope Chaffetz  runs, I like him.