HATCH BELITTLES ENDORSEMENT PROCESS
These quotes are from Hatch's appearence on MPR.
"And what's complicated about it is you get this precinct caucus process which basically is three-four months of intramural debate which tends to divide rather than unite a political party, then you have a primary extraordinarily late in the season by September. And the way the process has worked over the last thirty years - the endorsement doesn't mean much, I mean, there's only been one endorsed non-incumbent candidate that's won either governor or us senate in the last generation and that's Paul Wellstone."
"You go through a number of different problems going through this process debating with Democrats, while the Republican is, pretty much, allowed to go pretty much unscathed. You can't have the dialogue with the governor if you're sitting there with three others having a debate."
"My focus has been the governor. My focus has been the problems facing the state of Minnesota. I have not been able to take the time to get into an intramural dialogue with these other three. It's something I can't do, I don’t have the resources to be able to that if I'm expected to win an election in November and frankly I also want to be able to do my job as attorney general."
"And what's complicated about it is you get this precinct caucus process which basically is three-four months of intramural debate which tends to divide rather than unite a political party, then you have a primary extraordinarily late in the season by September. And the way the process has worked over the last thirty years - the endorsement doesn't mean much, I mean, there's only been one endorsed non-incumbent candidate that's won either governor or us senate in the last generation and that's Paul Wellstone."
"You go through a number of different problems going through this process debating with Democrats, while the Republican is, pretty much, allowed to go pretty much unscathed. You can't have the dialogue with the governor if you're sitting there with three others having a debate."
"My focus has been the governor. My focus has been the problems facing the state of Minnesota. I have not been able to take the time to get into an intramural dialogue with these other three. It's something I can't do, I don’t have the resources to be able to that if I'm expected to win an election in November and frankly I also want to be able to do my job as attorney general."
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