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Article: Orrin Hatch: no contender, but lively emcee; Long shot.(USA)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- January 21, 2000
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As a boy, Orrin Hatch grew up in such poverty that one wall of his house was a Meadow Gold Dairy sign. As a young Utah lawyer he decided to challenge an incumbent senator on the last day he could enter the race - and won. As chairman of an important committee on Capitol Hill, he has reached out to Democratic Sen. Edward Kennedy, among others, to help pass major bills dealing with children, health care, and job training.
As a presidential candidate ... well, let's just say his poll numbers are single-digit. As in "1."
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R) of Utah believed that his background and years of experience would make him a serious contender for this year's ...