Orrin Hatch crashes FreedomWorks shindig, chats up Matt Kibbe. Photo: David Weigel.
David Weigel captures profiles in desperation:
I snapped the above photo at last night's FreedomWorks party, a fete to celebrate and show off the organization's new offices. Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, showed up briefly to talk to FreedomWorks President Matt Kibbe (right) and other staffers, some of whom he recognized from prior policy fights.
Hatch was preceded, by about an hour, by an even unlikelier visitor -- Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind. While the FreedomWorks jury is out on Hatch, the organization's activists are all but ready to take on Lugar.
Both of these guys are probably toast, but while Lugar has at least shown some dignity, I have to say it's been hilarious watching Orrin Hatch grovel at the feet of the teahadists as they push him out the door.