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Brother Buzz

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8. Smart money says Mitt Romney is a shoe-in replacement, but.....
Fri Nov 17, 2017, 07:00 PM
Nov 2017

It looks like Orrin hatch is now waffling about retiring.

Romney Senate bid in 'holding pattern' until Hatch decides whether he's retiring


SALT LAKE CITY — Two of Mitt Romney's closest friends said Tuesday there should be no doubt that he's serious about running for the Senate, but nothing's going to happen until Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, decides whether he's retiring.

"I think at this point, Mitt is just waiting on the senator," said Kem Gardner, a real estate developer who helped talk Romney into taking over the then-troubled 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City nearly two decades ago.

John Miller, another longtime friend who was a top fundraiser for Romney's presidential bids, said he spoke to the 2012 Republican nominee for the White House on Monday about the Senate race.

"Is he going to do it? I think there's a good chance. Could he change his mind? Yes," Miller told the Deseret News. "He's doing what he has to do, and that's give it some serious consideration."

Miller said, however, "Hatch has got to make a move, too."

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https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900004048/romney-senate-bid-in-holding-pattern-until-hatch-decides-whether-hes-retiring.html

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What's with the Orrin Hatch tough guy shtick ? [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2017 OP
Orrin Hatch is a lame duck..... Brother Buzz Nov 2017 #1
... greatauntoftriplets Nov 2017 #5
Smart money says Mitt Romney is a shoe-in replacement, but..... Brother Buzz Nov 2017 #8
Sigh, he's no better. greatauntoftriplets Nov 2017 #9
What you saw was the real Orin Hatch. Wellstone ruled Nov 2017 #2
He is trying to stop partisan politics BigmanPigman Nov 2017 #3
Tough thing to face all the evil he's backed over the years bagelsforbreakfast Nov 2017 #4
Assholes do asshole things. louis-t Nov 2017 #6
Somebody such told Orin Hatch that..... imanamerican63 Nov 2017 #7
Its tough to be a Repub these days. Grammy23 Nov 2017 #10
Grumpy guys use outbursts to establish dominance. Corvo Bianco Nov 2017 #11
He didn't have anything factual to answer Brown with gratuitous Nov 2017 #12
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