Keep An Eye On Orrin Hatch

Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, a senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, speaks with reporters in a basement corridor at the Capitol just after President Barack Obama urged Senate Republicans to grant hearings an... Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, a senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, speaks with reporters in a basement corridor at the Capitol just after President Barack Obama urged Senate Republicans to grant hearings and a confirmation vote to Merrick Garland, his nominee to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court, in Washington, Wednesday, March 16, 2016. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) MORE LESS
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Orrin Hatch is obviously a big fan of Merrick Garland. Not just in the sense that he voted to confirm him to the appeals court nearly two decades ago and now Dems want to use that against him. But in a real, this-is-my-kind-of-Democrat kind of way.

Here’s Hatch in 1997 singing Garland’s praises. But even as recently as last week Hatch was like, yeah, right, Obama will never nominate someone like Garland when he can pander to the liberal base. Oops.

And now you’ve got Hatch undercutting the GOP stonewall by saying he’d consider confirming Garland in a lame duck session if Hillary Clinton wins in November.

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