Utterly foolish to call Orrin Hatch pro-Obama, he's as conservative as they come. His "sin" is that he is not a flamethrower and not irrational -like all the birthers, dogmeat eaters, etc. I disagree with him on almost every policy issue but recognize him as one of the very few voices of civility remaining on the GOP side of the isle.
Objectively I think most unbiased commentators would count this as a lose for the teapartiers as it was their goal to pack the convention so much that Hatch wouldn't get the necessary 40% to qualify for the GOP primary.
Personally I kind of wish the teabaggers won, so they could nominate someone like "I am not a witch" or "pay for your doctor with chickens" and thus throw another easy GOP seat to the Democrats.