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Utah Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch to retire, clearing way for Mitt Romney |
2018-01-03 |
[CNN] Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch ...Republican Senator-for-Life from Utah. The state does have two senators but nobody can remember who the other guy is... announced Tuesday that he won't seek re-election this year, clearing the way for Willard MittRomney ...former governor of Massachussetts, the Publican nominee for president in 2012. He is the son of the former governor of Michigan, George Romney, who himself ran for president after saving American Motors from failure, though not permanently. Romney has a record as a successful businessman, heading Bain Capital, and he rescued the 2002 Winter Olympics from the midst of bribery and mismanagement scandals.... to return to the national stage by running for his seat. He said in a social media message, "after much prayer and discussion with family and friends I've decided to retire at the end of this term." Hatch, the Senate's longest serving Republican, has wrestled with the decision for months, emboldened by the entreaties of President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... to seek an eighth term. Now, it sets up a potential path for Trump critic Romney, the 2012 Republican presidential nominee, to reclaim the spotlight as a conservative counterpoint to the President. |
Posted by:Fred |
#8 As I said earlier, if Mitt wanted to be in elected office he should have tried running back in 2012. |
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2018-01-03 22:31 |
#7 Could carve a better man out of a banana. |
Posted by: regular joe 2018-01-03 16:27 |
#6 and Park City, Ut |
Posted by: Frank G 2018-01-03 16:06 |
#5 Last I heard, he has a really nice pad in La Jolla. |
Posted by: Abu Uluque 2018-01-03 13:12 |
#4 Senator McCain, at his core, is a self-centered, vicious ass. Governor Romney, it seems to me, at core figures out how to accomplish goals, particularly reorganizing businesses. He would happily use President Trump to accompliish goals like right-sizing and properly focussing the federal bureaucracy, who would as happily use him for the exact same purpose. And he respects the separation of powers, which is why he developed Romneycare after the Massachussetts legislature passed it into law, despite not being keen on the idea. I wasn’t aware he’d moved to Utah, though. When did that happen? |
Posted by: trailing wife 2018-01-03 11:34 |
#3 I suspect Senator Romney will be able to work with President Trump to achieve mutually agreed-upon goals About as well as McCain? |
Posted by: P2kontheroad 2018-01-03 09:09 |
#2 I suspect Senator Romney will be able to work with President Trump to achieve mutually agreed-upon goals, whatever his personal opinion of the man. They both like and are liked by Bibi Netanyahu, after all. |
Posted by: trailing wife 2018-01-03 01:18 |
#1 Just a note - Mittens will be 71 in two months, and he almost killed a dog. Poor Seamus! |
Posted by: Raj 2018-01-03 00:36 |