Oh How the Tide Has Turned

U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch addresses the Utah Republican Party's annual organizing convention Saturday, May 18, 2013, in Sandy, Utah.

Last year Orrin Hatch had to go into full Tea Party-palooza mode to hold on to his seat after his colleague was ousted and replaced by arch-Tea Partier Mike Lee. But now that Lee is hurting at home after becoming Ted Cruz’s self-appointed deputy Defundo monkey, Hatch is singing a different tune.