Orrin has so much clout in the UTGOP that its chairman, Dave Hansen, is on his payroll to the tune of $60,000 a year.
It's something that has driven Congressman Jason Chaffetz, who by the way has Hatch's Senate seat in his crosshairs for 2012, into violating, all over the place, Ronald Reagan's 11th Commandment Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican:
“I’m just shocked that they would do this thinking nobody would notice. You don’t put a party official on your payroll. That is just not right. Orrin Hatch knows what he is doing. He has obviously stepped over an ethical line. It’s just infuriating.”
Hatch and Hansen, who have taken Jason off their Christmas card lists, just don't understand what all the ruckus is about.
