Detachment from the people… Orrin Hatch arrogance is his downfall

The Washington Post 04/21/12 Paul Kane

“Orrin Hatch in strong Position heading into Utah GOP Convention”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/orrin-hatch-in-strong-position-heading-into-utah-gop-convention/2012/04/20/gIQAtaw1VT_story.html

Two years ago, Sen. Orrin G. Hatch looked like a sure goner. Tea party conservatives were after him and it was only a matter of time before they got him.

But the six-term Republican from Utah enters the state Republican convention Saturday as the heavy favorite with the real possibility of securing enough support to win the Senate nomination outright, forgoing the need for a statewide primary. His standing is a clear triumph over the insurgent, tea party element of the GOP, both in Utah and nationally, and it has served notice that the establishment can fight back.

Seeking his seventh term — which, if completed in 2018, would make him the second-
longest serving Republican in Senate history — Hatch’s hard-fought campaign for survival upended the notion that the tea party had become the dominant force in the Republican Party and proved that even in today’s environment, old-fashioned political guile and determination can sometimes trump the rebellious energy of a grass-roots insur­gency.

Some critics think that Hatch, 78 — never one to be mistaken for a moderate — has moved his policy positions and his political rhetoric so far to the right to appease the most conservative activists in Utah that his victory would in fact be a win for the tea party. But even that, it appears, would not have been enough.
Yet on Sunday:
Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch will face off against conservative former state Sen. Dan Liljenquist in a June primary after the six-term incumbent failed to win 60 percent of the vote at the state Republican convention on Saturday.

Hatch took 57 percent on the first ballot and then 59 percent on a second ballot, one on one fight against Liljenquist. Hatch needed to win 60 percent of the vote to avoid a June 26 primary.

Common Sense Review

For Orrin Hatch who has six terms in the Senate, believe he is the favorite in the Utah GOP convention. Yet after the convention, the votes show that he doesn’t have the seat wrapped up but has to campaign for the June 2012 primary.

Gee, possibly Sen. Hatch is detached from the people of Utah and they have spoken.
This is a common occurrence. Many of the representatives of the people who hold multi term seats tend for lose touch with the people they represent. Should it be an unheard that the process for a representative to consult with constituents when there is a bill coming forward that has impacting effect on the people that representative serves?

I don’t any representative who doesn’t go back to the people.

Note to Orrin Hatch:

Your arrogance will bring you down…