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Show Hatch Ignores Odds In 2000 Race New Hampshire Republican Par- ty, offered a similar assessment. “Orrin Hatch can probablyclaim he’s already moved ahead byvirtue of standing still, literally by doing nothing,” Duprey said. “He has nothing to lose and every: thing to gain Henry McMaster, M@ Continued from A-1 the 2000 presidential race could bringyet anotherone. So far that has not happened. Fewpeople other than his campaign staff give him any real chanceof capturing the GOP nomination. Even someof his family election were held today, there are others that woulddo better,” McMastersaid. “He's too serious are unable to answerthe question a mantobe taken lightly. . But he would haveto recognize of exactly what keeps him in the that he’s behindtheothers. * WhenHatch entered the race, he said it was in case Bush were to stumble. “Under the conditions he expressedat the time hegot into the race, some ‘ifs’ had to happen,” said Kent Shearer, who chaired the Utah Republican race. “I don’t know the reason,” said his sister, Marilyn “Nubs” Kuch of La Crescenta, Calif. “He's pretty sure of whathebelieves in. Maybehejust thinks things will work out somehow. It's not a prideful thing. ... He's got a driving force; he’s always had one.” Hatch, who declined to be interviewed for this article, has expressedat the time he got into the race, those ‘ifs’ have not happened.” Earlier this month, The New York Times puzzled over why Hatch remainsinthe race despite the odds. Hatch, who heads the Senate Judici Committee, answered But each day Hatch remainsin the race, the number of GOPpolitical observers willing to publicly say he is tilting at presidential that the windmills has steadily increased. And as signs mountthat his cam- “single most important issue” is who will appoint as many as five Supreme Court jus- tices and half the nation’s judiciary, and heis “concerned”about having any Democrat or Republi- held for four terms. Veteran GOP pollster Whit can Ayres of Atlanta declares flatly most experience in that area. “Hestarted way too late and he hasn't raised enough moneyto be “Beyondthat, it's going to take a conservative with guts to handie the nation’s problems, to solve Social Security and Medicare, that Hatch has nochanceof win: ning the nomination. competitive,” said Ayres. “He doesn’t yet have sufficient name recognition in key primary states for voters to have anypositive or negative reaction to him. They just don’t know whoheis.” A Gallup poll released last week showed 3 percent of voters liked Hatch, compared with GOP front-runner Texas Gov. George W. Bush’s 66 percent. That put besides himself do the appointing sincehehas byfar the and I'm the conservative with the mostguts,” Hatch told the Times. “Let's face it, most people don't evenknowI'm in therace, I found that someof myclosestfriends in California didn’t even knowit.” Even Hatch’s most loyal supporters talk mildly of his bid as if it were a drop of water temporarily defying gravity. rowed to seven, before Patrick “If Orrin dropped out, in all probability Bush would be the oneI'd back,” said Sen. Bob Ben. the only Orrin is hangingin there, and I'm going to hangin there with him.” Hatch in fifth placeina field nar- Buchananbolted the GOP for the Reform Party. “Divineintervention is about thing that could get Orrin Hatch in the front tier of candidates,” Virginia-based polit: ical consultant Alex Castellanos told The AssociatedPress. Steve Duprey, chairmanof the BY JOHN HEILPRIN self-imposed term limits. That goes for 10-term Bush clans. and was Elizabeth Dole’s most prominent Utah supporter. Nowthatsheis ou Huntsman. of the race, he is throwing his support to Utah Rep. Jim Hansen, as well as Hatch, says THESALT LAKETRIBUNE Manysenators dream of becoming president, and Orrin Hatch is no different. But while Utah’s senior senator pursues his longshot bid for the White House, his fallback position could be put in jeopardy. The conventional wisdom has been that there is almost no way the Utah Republican could lose Senatere-electiontoa fifth term. fee clear! needs to pay attention to the id Scott Simpson, the state GoP party's executive director. “He’s concerned about it. But he'll do the right thing. He knowshowtofight.” In Huntsman’s view, Hatch should have bowed out of the Senate race if he wanted to run for president. Huntsman chidesthe state Legislature for changing the law last year to allow Hatch to pursueboth. “My position on Orrin’s candidacy for the Senate is that I’m a strong believer in term limitations,” he said. “A U.S. senator should be in for two to three terms. The governor should be in for twoto three terms. Anda congressmanshouldbe inforsix to eight terms.” The nation was meantto be runby citizenlegislators, not career politicians, Huntsman Cautionlights are flashing, however. Utah Democrats plan to announcea candidate next month to run against Hatch, who has served nearly 23 yearsin the Senate. said. In 1976, Huntsman supported Hatch when heraised the issueof term limits in defeating three-term Democrat Frank Moss in 1976. “If Hatchasa presidential candidate. “I view Orrin’s candidacy as a long shot. but he’sa favorite-son candidate,” he said. Utah Democrats staged a Halloween “haunting” of Hatch on Friday to draw atten tion to statements he made in the 1976 cam paign. Hatch was quoted as saying then that too many senators are “interested in feathering their own nests” and that ““seniority for seniority’s sake serves no useful purpose.” Party chairwoman Meghan Holbrook also said Hatch should not have runforthepresi. dencyandthe Senatere-election. “We will give him the raceofhislife,” she vowed. For his part, Moss said it would “kind of And power brokerand billionaire philan- people have supported term limitations at one amuse me, tickle me, if he lost the Senate seat.” thropist Jon M. Huntsman madeclear in an interview with The Sait Lake Tribune his wise for them to stay with that position,” Moss recalled, he “just appeared out of the time or another in their career, it would be belief that “one person should run for one office” and candidates should obey Huntsmansaid. Huntsman has close ties to the Dole and When Hatch first appeared on the scene, blue” and Moss underestimated him. “I just thought he was monkeyingaround.” Party from 1971 to 1973. “He's kindofretreated from that. Butif you accept the conditions he said on the campaign trail that he is not running for president merely to angle for some other high-profile position — like vice president or a Supreme Court seat. paign has yet to catchfire, others say he has everything to lose including the Senate seat he has cheairman of the South Carolina Republican Party, noted that Hatchhasyetto set foot in the state whose pri maryisbilled as a “gateway” to the South. “The other candidates are here just about every other day. If the ‘Term-Limitation Issue May Haunt HatchSenate Bid nett, R-Utah, who a Elizabeth Dole. Utahbillionaire philanthropist Jon M. Huntsman, whosupports Hatch now that his first choice, long odds he would ever be electedpresident.” “Most rhe don’t even know I’m in the race” and her warning that money is the “bottom line” apparently Orrin Hatch But even Dole’s departure failed to ruffle Hatch, who with $1.3 million hasraised the least of all the Republican candidates. By contrast, Bush had raised $57 million. In New Hampshire, Hatch spokeofthedisparity. “One of the media people said, ‘Aren’t you a daylate and dollar short?’ I said, ‘No, I'm two years late and $36 million short,’ “ he said. Former Democratic Sen. Frank Moss, who wasdefeated by Hatch in the 1976 race, bluntly charac terizes Hatch’s presidential bid as a joke. “I don’t think he has any real chance. It’s quite apparent that whetherto take on Hatch for the Senate seat, said polling she has had done the past month showsa potential weakness in Hatch’s auraofinvincibility. “There's a view outthere that he’s been there a longtime,” she said. “It's probably the onefactor that has madehim vulnerable . Senator eeu he’s making a fool of himself,” president. With his focus primasaid Moss, now an81-year-old Salt rily on his work in Congress and Lake attorney. “He’s decided it'll on a run for the top Washington boost his standings somewhat. job, he may be vulnerable in a His name's in the paper, he makes Senate run. speeches. He thinkshe'll be seen es least that’s what Democrats s a strong man. I don’t think he “he's that kind of talk from within his homestate that could most endanger Hatch’s political future. Utah law was changed last year to allow Hatch to seek re-election for the Senate while running for land] that’s madethis seem this could actually be competitive.” For now, long odds ornot, Hatch remainsfocused onhis run for president. “We've got no place to go but up and wearegoing up,” said Jeff Flint, Hatch’s campaign spokes- nT ‘share his pain,” joked Utah Atty. Gen. Jan Graham about man in Sacramento, Calif. “Our fund-raising is accelerating. 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