PRES OBAMA TRIMS FUNDING REQUEST FOR THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN AND OTHER **

THE PRES ASKED FOR $79.4 BIL IN FUNDING FOR FISCAL YR 2014, WHICH BEGINS **

OBAMA HAS SET 2014 AS THE TARGET FOR WITHDRAWING MOST OF THE TROOPS FROM **

POWERBALL JACKPOT RISING TO A RECORD $600 MIL **

THAT'S THE HIGHEST POWERBALL JACKPOT IN HISTORY AND THE SECOND-LARGEST EVER **

TOTAL PRIZE MONEY COULD INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE DAY AS TICKET SALES RISE **

DRAWING WILL BE HELD TONIGHT **

PRES OBAMA CALLING ATTENTION TO HIS ECONOMIC PROPOSALS AND EFFORTS TO **

IN HIS WEEKLY ADDRESS, THE PRES SAYS THE U.S. SHOULD ATTRACT MORE JOBS AND **

MEANWHILE, IN THE GOP ADDRESS, REP ANDY HARRIS (R-MD) SAYS THE EMBATTLED **

NTSB TO PROBE THE COLLISION OF TWO COMMUTER TRAINS IN CT **

THE RUSH-HOUR CRASH ON FRI ON THE METRO-NORTH RAILROAD LEFT 70 PEOPLE **

IT'S UNCLEAR WHAT CAUSED THE ACCIDENT **

SERVICE ON THE LINE COULD BE DISRUPTED FOR SEVERAL DAYS IN THE WAKE OF THE **

FIREFIGHTERS BATTLING TWO WILDFIRES IN SOUTHERN CA **

ONE FIRE HAS TORCHED SOME 4,300 ACRES SINCE IT WAS SPARKED ON WED NEAR L.A **

IT REMAINS ABOUT 55% CONTAINED **

MEANWHILE, A SECOND FIRE HAS BROKEN OUT JUST 30 MILES AWAY **

FLAMES HAVE CONSUMED 500 ACRES AND LED TO THE EVACUATIONS OF NEARLY 20 **

N KOREA TEST FIRES THREE SHORT-RANGE MISSILES **

LATEST TEST COMES AMID HEIGHTENED TENSIONS ON THE KOREAN PENINSULA AFTER **

Senator Orrin Hatch ! BIG LEAD over possible challenger

It is no secret that there has been some behind the scenes back stabbing within the Utah Republican party about Utah Senator Hatch.   Because of this political maneuvering that has been going on, I have been keeping my eye on this re-election race….and just spotted this poll (see below) in ROLL CALL.  Right now, Senator Hatch is way ahead of his possible party challenger.

Senator Hatch has been very conservative on fiscal matters for years, so he should be the darling of the Tea Party in Utah.  He also has enormous seniority in the Senate.  His seniority is such that if the Senate goes Republican, he will be the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee.  He is currently the ranking Member.  That is a very powerful job!  I have wondered if Republicans in Utah would ever want to give up all his seniority (power and influence) in the Senate Finance Committee and the Senate for another Republican who would be at the bottom of the totem pole as a freshman?  This poll, at least for now, says no, and that Utah Republicans do not want to give that up.

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