“Orrin Hatch” on The Daily Caller

There have been some prominent conservatives that have made an exception to what otherwise would be an anti-incumbent sentiment as it pertains to a race between Utah Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch and upstart “tea party” candidate Dan Liljenquist for their party’s nomination. (more)

This week’s news that the AFL-CIO has named Craig Becker, the former SEIU attorney who Obama appointed to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), as its new co-general counsel is a reminder that Senator Orrin Hatch was right to grill Becker when President Obama nominated him to serve on the NLRB and that Hatch’s Senate colleagues were right to reject his nomination. (more)

On Tuesday night’s “On the Record with Greta Van Sustren” on the Fox News Channel, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin joined some of her fellow conservative movement counterparts in endorsing six-term incumbent Utah Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch. (more)

Utah Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch has called for an investigation to determine if President Barack Obama’s Secretary of Labor, Hilda Solis, broke the law with posters she’s placed around the Labor Department headquarters. (more)

It’s probably not the endorsement that incumbent Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch needs right now, as the Republican is locked up in a primary challenge from Dan Liljenquist. But Saturday on Melissa Harris-Perry’s MSNBC show, former Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter, the co-author of “Life Among the Cannibals: A Political Career, a Tea Party Uprising, and the End of Governing As We Know It,” pleaded with Utah voters to keep their senior senator. (more)

The saga over who leaked the IRS documents continues… (more)

The normally loquacious Senate Republican caucus is being uncharacteristically mum about whom they think presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney should pick to play Robin to his Batman. (more)

“I despise these people,” Orrin Hatch told NPR last week, “and I’m not the guy you come in and dump on without getting punched in the mouth.” What would make the powerful 36-year incumbent senator from Utah say such a hostile thing? Who does he “despise”? What did they do? Who, exactly, does he want to punch “in the mouth”? (more)

Utah Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch is “doggone offended” by the activists and voters standing between him and re-election, describing them as “radical libertarians.” (more)

Utah Republican state Sen. Dan Liljenquist told The Daily Caller he thinks Attorney General Eric Holder should resign over Operation Fast and Furious, and he is demanding that U.S. Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch — who he may run a primary campaign against in 2012 — step up to the plate and call for Holder’s resignation too. (more)

A popular GOP state senator from Utah who survived a horrific plane crash in Guatemala three years ago says it’s likely he’ll challenge Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch for his seat in 2012. (more)

Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio says he hasn’t formulated an opinion on Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain’s “9-9-9” tax reform plan, but praised the Georgia businessman for stepping up and offering a specific proposal to reform the tax system. (more)

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney announced Thursday that he had received the endorsement of California Republican and House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa. (more)

Sen. Orrin Hatch, Utah Republican, asked National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) member Craig Becker on Tuesday if he helped the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) write its “intimidation manual.” (more)

Utah Republican Senator Orrin Hatch may have dodged a conservative primary challenge — at least from one possible opponent. (more)

Commentator Michelle Malkin said Friday she doesn’t think Republican Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch should be re-elected, despite a pro-Hatch website prominently displaying a quotation from her on its website. (more)

Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch has won a high-profile re-election endorsement that will surely help him with Tea Party voters in his state: Fox News commentator Sean Hannity on Tuesday endorsed the Republican Senator on his radio show. (more)

The National Republican Senatorial Committee gave $43,100 to Utah Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch’s campaign, despite recent pleas from Tea Party activists that the organization wait until a Republican nominee is selected before supporting a candidate. (more)

Utah’s single Democratic congressman, Rep. Jim Matheson, has a good shot at unseating Sen. Orrin Hatch should he decide to run for Senate, according to a new poll by Public Policy Polling. (more)

A bitter Republican primary for the U.S. Senate could be on the horizon in Utah, yet two potential opponents have one thing in common: Mitt Romney. (more)