Reid blasts Hatch, tries to reassure Utah Dems

[NVMojo]

May 8, 2005

In the battle raging over President Bush's judicial nominees, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid is ratcheting up the rhetoric, stopping just short of calling Utah Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch a hypocrite.
Instead, the Nevada Democrat said Friday, "He's been a terribly big disappointment to me."
In Salt Lake City to speak to Utah Democrats the night before their annual convention today, Reid let loose his frustration with his Republican colleagues - particularly Hatch, former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, where many Democratic judges were stalled or blocked. Reid takes issue with conservative senators who claim Democrats are obstructing the judicial nominating process.

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"I will never give up the right for extended debate," Reid said. "I'd rather they try the nuclear option and show what a real abuse of power is."
A barbecue dinner Friday night featuring Reid's take on "How the West Will Be Won" sold out.

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http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_2719582/ci_2719567

[orpupilofnature57]

1. I can't believe, there are Dem's in Utah.Orin Hatch would have to have...,

surgery not to be a hypocrite.

[NVMojo]

2. this article may explain some of it for Utah Dems ...moderates

http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_2722001

Utah Democrats on Saturday turned to a union organizer and establishment favorite to lead their party for the next two years, signaling that the party wants to hug the middle of the road in hope of winning elections in one of the most Republican of states.
Wayne Holland Jr., who heads Utah's local United Steelworkers of America, was hand-picked by Utah's lone Democratic congressman, Jim Matheson, to be state party chairman. Nearly all other Democratic officeholders - few that they are - also backed Holland.
The self-proclaimed moderate Democrat narrowly bested a much more liberal candidate in the final round of voting during the Democrats' state convention at the Salt Palace in downtown Salt Lake City.
Holland pledged to an exhibit hall filled with an estimated 1,500 people that he would bring new voters to the party.
"The optimistic winds of change are blowing throughout the West," Holland said, noting several Democratic victories in the Rocky Mountain states. "It's time to bring those victories home to Utah.
"I am ready to battle with our opponents today."

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[BlueIris]

3. Yep. Little bastard.

I really despise Orin Hatch.

[mpyle27]

4. Hatch is for embryonic stem cell research.

He's a conservative from the most conservative state in the country so what would you expect. I am no fan but his stance on ESC research surprised me a bit.

[dsc]

5. That is because Mormons have a different definition of life

than Catholics do. The believe that an embryo has no soul yet but it gets one later on (well before birth so they are pro life but just not as an embryo).