Sen. Orrin Hatch does not seem to be aboard the MarcoTedRand
bandwagon.
Q: You have three Senate colleagues running for president — Marco Rubio, Rand Paul, Ted Cruz. Would all three be outstanding presidents who you’d be delighted to be your party’s nominee?
That's either the softest softball question ever lobbed at Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) or Olympic-level sarcasm, right there. Take a swing at it, Orrin.
HATCH: I don’t think that senators have much chance of running for president. The reason is, if they’re doing their job, they can’t run. If they don’t do their job, then that’ll be used against them. We have at least five really outstanding governors.
"... who I haven't had to deal with on a daily basis," he did not have to add.
But that's just dismissing their presidential dreams on a professional level, it's not like he's showing contempt for one of them personally.
Q: At CPAC yesterday, Ted Cruz said, “the real divide is not between Democrats and Republicans. It’s between career politicians in Washington and the people who those career politicians ignore.” Is he right?
HATCH: That’s kind of a cliché. I don’t think anybody wants to be a career politician. I’ve never considered this a job. I didn’t need this. I think if you ask him directly, “Does that mean Orrin Hatch?” — if he says, “Yes,” I’d say, “Tough. Tough crap, buddy.”
Republicans have only been in control of the Senate for a few months. Can't wait to see Hatch's opinion of his fellow legislators as we roll into summer.