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Lee Chief of Staff’s Comment Upsets Hatch Campaign

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Could comments made this week by the top aide for Utah’s freshman senator lead to a rift with Utah’s senior senator? That’s in question now, after Mike Lee’s chief of staff told Politico that Orrin Hatch’s decades of experience in Washington will be a negative thing during this election cycle. Every Friday, we talk with Thomas Burr, Washington Correspondent for the Salt Lake Tribune and author of Political Cornflakes, a daily, online round-up of Utah politics.

Salt Lake Tribune Washington Correspondent Thomas Burr

(KCPW News) Could comments made this week by the top aide for Utah’s freshman senator lead to a rift with Utah’s senior senator? That’s in question now, after Mike Lee’s chief of staff told Politico that Orrin Hatch’s decades of experience in Washington will be a negative thing during this election cycle. Every Friday, we talk with Thomas Burr, Washington Correspondent for the Salt Lake Tribune and author of Political Cornflakes, a daily, online round-up of Utah politics. KCPW’s Jeff Robinson asked him what Spencer Stokes had to say to Politico.

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