There's been a rumor floating around at the Republican grass-roots (be sure to read the excellent comments) that Senator-for-Life Orrin Hatch may face a serious challenge this year, in his bid for re-election to the US Senate. He's been regularly criticized by local Republican insiders for various forms of silliness, such as his close personal association with Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy, his truly weird songwriting aspirations, and his lapdog support for the Washington neonon agenda. And of course, there was his strange idea about randomly destroying people's computers -- a "Dr Evil" touch -- through government-implanted viruses. Adding insult to injury, Senator Hatch would appear to be a "software pirate" too, at least if you believe what this article says.
Check out what popped up on the web this morning. There's plenty of information on Rep. Urquhart on his website, and for more info, you can check out his blog.
It's my bet that Utah House Rep. Urquhart will give Senator Hatch the race of a lifetime. Perhaps it will be his "swan song," so that he can get down to songwriting full-time.
Here are Senator Hatch's own words, which may very well live to haunt him in the upcoming race: "What do you call a Senator who has served 18 years? You call him home." Hatch has warmed his current US Senate seat for twenty-nine.
Update 7/25/05 9:34 a.m. MT: Bob Bernick of The Deseret Morning News had some interesting analysis of the upcoming Senate race scenario in Friday's edition.
Phil Windley also elaborates on why Orrin Hatch is no friend to the Utah "technical community" here.
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