After Serving More Than 30 Years In The Senate, Hatch Says ‘Hell No’ He’s Not ‘Part Of Washington’
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) with Vice President Dick CheneyEarlier this month, three-term incumbent Sen. Bob Bennett (R-UT) was denied his party’s nomination by conservatives angry at Washington and Congress. Bennett’s loss raised questions of whether Utah’s other longtime senator, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT), was “next in line for a pink slip.”
On her radio show today, Laura Ingraham asked Hatch whether he “would be re-elected” if he “were up for re-election in November.” “Yeah,” said Hatch, saying that he agreed with voters who believe that “these people in Washington are running this country right into the ground.” When Ingraham reminded Hatch that he was “part of Washington,” he denied it:
http://thinkprogress.org/2010/05/17/hatch-washington/