"Veteran DFL political analyst Bob Meek cautioned against underestimating Hatch.  'He is brilliant, tenacious and driven.  He's tough as a junkyard dog.  His Achilles' heel,' Meek said, 'is he’s just too political.  In the year of the anti-politician, Mike is a superb politician.  He's the party chair, the consummate fund-raiser, the candidate for governor, the commissioner who turned on his own governor.  He's sharp in language, but every time he scores a point, it shows what a good politician he is.  He does not have an anti-politics persona." Source: Pioneer Press, July 17, 1994

Bob Meek Now:

"'Mike knows rough-and-tumble politics,' Meek said. 'He's brash, ambitious; some people call him ruthless.'

But he said Hatch sees himself using that hard-hitting style to 'represent folks who otherwise don't get represented.' He stands up for the little guy, and that's what endears him to many rank-and-file Democrats." Source: Pioneer Press, June 7, 2006

This is called a flip-flop.

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