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...Senate, a handful of G.O.P. conservatives, including Utah's Orrin Hatch and Arizona's John McCain, have moved quietly, very quietly, in step with gay groups on issues like hate crimes, though not on more difficult ones like gay marriage. Eight years ago, Hatch was pivotal in helping overcome the resistance of Jesse Helms to win passage of the Hate Crimes Statistics Act, which requires the Federal Government to keep data on bias crimes, including crimes against homosexuals. But he has not backed this year's hate-crimes bill publicly yet, lest he alienate conservative colleagues whose votes he will...
...this crucial moment it is not clear that anyone with stature also has the means and the will to nail down a deal. Early last week Utah Senator Orrin Hatch, a friend of Starr's, tried to lay the foundation; he spent 20 minutes on the phone with Clinton, and though he didn't speak to Starr, has a good sense of how the guy ticks. Hatch imagined that the country might be spared a year of unnecessary public hanging if Clinton confessed more publicly and contritely than before, if the House agreed to a censure, and if Starr could...
...Abandoning such a politically suicidal position is exactly what Clinton should do to save his presidency, according to Sen. Orrin Hatch. "If he'll quit playing this legal game and start being what he is, a basically warm winning person whom the American people have liked from the beginning," said the Senate Judiciary Committee chair on "Face the Nation" Sunday, "my gosh, I think the President could get through this. But he's starting to lose." Hatch was just about the only person in Washington to penetrate the White House's weekend wall of silence, calling the President from...
Bold graphic but lacked clout in getting exclusive post-address guests, who popped up everywhere else; in fact, Orrin Hatch showed up dead last, after sharing his views on other networks--even Fox News...
Game day in battle of the networks: Out came the big guests, the big anchors and Orrin Hatch's family-values tie. Since the President's address was only four minutes long, the nets had a lot of time to fill, and it showed. Continuing our highly praised, service-oriented journalism, Notebook critiques the performances...