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Updated on May 16, 2012 12:38PM
There are a myriad of ways to respond to having your truck broken into - rants and tirades spring immediately to mind. But Rep. Ryan Wilcox, R-Ogden, opted for a more Zen-like approach. On Facebook. The lawmaker, who works as a retail manager for wireless carrier Sprint, posted a four-point message to the robber - or robbers - who broke into his truck and stole a laptop Tuesday night. He said the only reason he left the stuff in the truck was because he was still wearing a sling from rotator cuff surgery and decided not to carry it in that night. From Wilcox's Facebook post Wednesday morning: 1. That laptop is encrypted beyond your ability to use. It'... |
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Updated on May 16, 2012 08:08AM
6 Comments Romney, Obama: Hate the media. Utah tech chief resigns. UDOT audit finds misspent funds. Happy Wednesday. President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney share at least one thing: a disdain for the news media. Both presidential candidates (including the president himself) like to blame the media -- with Romney known as a media outsider and Obama expected to be a media insider. [Politico] Topping the news: More than a month after the medical data breach, Governor Herbert announces the resignation of the Technology Services Director and foreshadows that more fir... |
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Updated on May 16, 2012 07:51AM
Hatch going on air in Utah. Paul ends WH bid. A look at Romney's French mission. Happy Tuesday. Sen. Orrin Hatch is going on the air in Utah with advertisements ahead of the Republican primary. The $133,000 buy on broadcast and cable will be positive, Hatch's campaign manager, Dave Hansen, tells Politico. Hatch is still sitting on a substantial amount of cash in trying to tamp down the challenge from former state Sen. Dan Liljenquist, and Utahns should expect to see Hatch greeting them often from their TV sets. Topping the news: At... |
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Updated on May 14, 2012 07:20AM
Washington's 'Little Provo'. Senate to take up DOMA repeal. 'Mini Mitt.' Happy Monday. CNN takes a look at "Little Provo," also known as Crystal City, and the growing population of Mormons in the Washington region. The LDS faithful include those in the Obama administration, members of Congress, lobbyists and other powerful spots. There's been an "absolute explosion in Mormon growth inside the beltway," according to one Mormon bishop. [CNN] Topping the news: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who now supports gay marr... |
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Updated on May 11, 2012 07:37AM
Romney apologizes for high school stunt. Harry Reid supports gay marriage. Obama raises $15 million in Hollywood shindig. Happy Friday. Mitt Romney led a group of high schoolers who held down a student presumed to be gay and cut off his bleached blond hair, according to five people who saw the incident. Romney says he doesn't remember it. [WaPost] But in a TV interview he apologized: “I don’t recall the incident myself, but I’ve seen the reports and I’m not going to argue with that. There’s ... |
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Updated on May 10, 2012 07:18AM
The political impacts of Obama's new gay marriage stance. Indiana's Mourdock wants to be like Mike Lee. DeChristopher appeals his conviction. Happy Thursday. For the first time, a sitting U.S. president has announced his support for the legalization of gay marriage. President Barack Obama explained his change of position in an exclusive with ABC News, a move that is likely to have some major political ramifications. "I’ve just concluded that for me personally it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same sex couples should be able to get married," Obama said. [ |
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Updated on May 9, 2012 08:12AM
Sen. Lugar gives the tea party a new scalp. Hatch agrees to a radio debate with Liljenquist. Bush's $80,000 phone bill. Happy Wednesday. Remember all that controversy involving the 2nd District candidates at the GOP convention? There were accusations that four were secretly teaming up to smear Chris Stewart and counter-claims that Stewart had a plant in the field to cause trouble. Well, Utah Republican Chairman Thomas Wright released his investigation, which found no illegality or conspiracies. Mostly, he says candidates made accusations they couldn't back up and he scolded Eureka Mayor Milt Hanks for it. "Mr. Hanks acted irresponsibly in accusing four candidates of m... |
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Updated on May 8, 2012 07:50AM
Lugar done? Hatch doesn't want to be next. Santorum endorses Romney in an email. Salazar to announce a big Utah energy project. Happy Tuesday. Tonight, Indiana Sen. Dick Lugar, who was sworn in the same day as Sen. Orrin Hatch, will face his moment of truth, as voters decide whether the 80-year-old senator will get dumped for tea party challenger, state Treasurer Richard Mourdock. It is not looking good for Lugar. "I don’t think they anticipated the strength of the opposition they have encountered," said Indiana University professor Leslie Lenkowsky. [Trib] |
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Updated on May 7, 2012 07:31AM
The parallels between Romney and Obama. Sandstrom's change of heart. Utah's intriguing House race. Happy Monday. France has a new president and he's a moderate Socalist. Francois Hollande narrowly defeated conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy, who is the latest European leader to fall in part because of the continent's massive fiscal problems. And Hollande is expected to challenge the economic plan to recovery. "Austerity can no longer be something that is inevitable," he said. [Guardian] [ |
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Updated on May 4, 2012 09:43AM
Romney's tough road to the White House. Herbert taps a new energy adviser. Liljenquist finance chairman in trouble with the SEC. Happy Friday. A presidential race always comes down to the Electoral College and plenty of people are analyzing the map, including Mitt Romney and his team of advisers who say they have identified five paths to the presidency, but all come with significant challenges. As Dan Balz and Philip Rucker report: "Romney’s team acknowledges that any realistic course to 270 starts with winning back three historically Republican states that Obama won in 2008 — Indiana, North Carolina and Virginia — and believes that changing demographics in Virginia ... |
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Updated on May 3, 2012 11:53AM
The spokespeople and surrogates for Sen. Orrin Hatch and former state Sen. Dan Liljenquist seem to have regular skirmishes on Twitter. We thought it might be interesting to take a few snapshots of those fights and put it in an easier to read format using Storify. Enjoy!
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Updated on May 3, 2012 07:52AM
Obama's girlfriends. Hatch advising Romney. Newt speech leads to claim of creepy politics. Happy Thursday. Author David Maraniss provides an intimate portrait of a young Barack Obama, largely through the letters and journal entries of his two girlfriends in New York, when he was 22. They describe a man trying to come to terms with who he was and who he wanted to be. “Caught without a class, a structure, or tradition to support me, in a sense the choice to take a different path is made for me The only way to assuage my feelings of isolation are to absorb all the traditions [and] classes; make them mine, me theirs.” [ |
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Updated on May 2, 2012 07:30AM
Report: Romney should be judged as 'pastor-in-chief.' Mormonism fastest growing Christian faith. National outlets focus on Mia Love's candidacy. Happy Wednesday. A doctoral candidate suggests in a new piece this morning that Mitt Romney's time spent as a Mormon leader should be part of the debate on how he would lead the country if elected. Despite Romney's longstanding remark that he's not running for "pastor-in-chief," Max Perry Mueller says Americans should know about when Romney already served as president (of his LDS stake). -> "Considering his service to the LDS Church, 'pastor-in-chief' may be an accurate way to frame a large part of Romney's presidential campaign ... |
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Updated on May 1, 2012 07:36AM
Romney's tepid endorsers. Utah's homeless numbers at all-time high. Biker Becker slashes bike committee. Happy Tuesday, and welcome to May. "It's the season of lemon-sucking endorsers for Mitt Romney," says the lead of a Politico story detailing the not-so-stellar endorsements that Romney has racked up recent months as it became clear he was going to be the Republican nominee. Some GOP heavy-weights have offered what appear to be tepid lines of support or somewhat backhanded gestures. [Politico] |
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Updated on Apr 30, 2012 02:13PM
Legislation restricting sex education in Utah schools passed the House and Senate by wide margins, but there was apparently no burning desire to consummate the override of Gov. Gary Herbert's veto. Only seven House members and six senators voted to override the veto of HB363 — obviously well short of the 50 Representatives and 20 Senators that would be needed to steamroll the governor. The bill would have prohibited public schools from teaching about anything beyond abstinence and the biological processes of reproduction. The House m... |
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Updated on Apr 30, 2012 12:02PM
A behind-the-scenes book on the House of Representatives offers new details on Rep. Jason Chaffetz's decision not to run against Sen. Orrin Hatch.
Basically, House Speaker John Boehner tried to talk him out of it. The book, "Do Not Ask What Good We Do," written by Robert Draper, outlines Chaffetz's meeting with Boehner, where he sought the Speaker's advice on a possible Senate run. "You'll enjoy it more over here," the book quotes Boehner as saying. "There's action. If you're a serious legislator, you can really dive down into an issue — you can really own it on this side. And we need more specialists." The book says Boehner reminded Chaffetz of the high... |
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Updated on Apr 30, 2012 07:35AM
Observers: Gridlock is the GOP's fault. Rolly says Secret Service partied it up in SLC. Patrick Henry Caucus founders vow to fight on. Happy Monday. It's the Republicans' fault. That's what longtime congressional observers Norm Ornstein and Thomas Mann say when it comes to the Washington gridlock that has left the nation's federal government incapable of solving some of the most pressing problems. In an op-ed in The Washington Post, the two political analysts say that Republicans have swung so far to the right that it leaves little room to negotiate. -> "The GOP has become an insurgent outlier in American politics. It is ideologically extreme; scornful of compromise; unm... |
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Updated on Apr 27, 2012 09:40AM
Hatch votes against domestic violence legislation. Judiciary backs Utah nominee. Fox host's husband backs Hatch. Happy Friday. Americans are coming to the point that they hate Super PACs, or at least dislike them. New polling shows that when voters hear about these outside groups, they're less inclined to buy the message -- or at least they're concerned about the corruption that unlimited funds brings. [WaPost] Topping the news: The fake group behind mysterious "temple" mailers bashing Sen. Mike Lee has... |
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Updated on Apr 26, 2012 08:50PM
The Washington-based group FreedomWorks endorsed Saratoga Springs Mayor Mia Love in Utah’s 4th Congressional District race, and former state Sen. Dan Liljenquist in his challenge to U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch. The question remains, however, how much the endorsements would help either candidate. A poll released earlier this month — admittedly by Hatch’s campaign, which has no love for FreedomWorks, so take it with a huge grain of salt — found that the group’s approval rating was 16 percent in the state. Still, the organization spent nearly $800,000 trying to beat Hatch at convention and infus... |
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Updated on Apr 26, 2012 07:41AM
Media to play the Mormon card? Utah still holds to 'traditional family' roles. Hatch's cash holdings offer big leg up heading into a primary. Happy Thursday. How Mitt Romney's Mormon faith will affect the presidential election this fall is unclear but a New York Times contributor says that for the LDS religion to make a difference, the Obama White House needs the news media to play the card. -> Says the author, "Not through overt attacks on Mormon theology and practice, which would be out of bounds for most mainstream outlets. Rather, the Obama campaign's best-case scenario involves a wave of theoretically evenhanded coverage come August and September - newsmagazine cove... |
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Updated on Apr 25, 2012 07:47AM
Romney launches general election campaign. Dem group calls for ouster of UDOT chief. Salazar says Utah leaders defy common sense. Happy Wednesday and welcome to the showdown between Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama. Romney swept five primaries on Tuesday, including New York and Pennsylvania, tightening his claim to the GOP nomination and promising "a better American begins tonight." [WaPost] [CNN... |
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Updated on Apr 24, 2012 04:54PM
Huntsman compares GOP to China. Hatch's political turn-around. Utah's new political rock star. Happy Tuesday. It wasn't that long ago that Jon Huntsman ran for the Republican presidential nomination, now the former Utah governor is becoming one of the party's greatest antagonists, recently comparing it to communist China. [WaPost] [ChiTrib] [ |
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Updated on Apr 23, 2012 07:32AM
Romney notes his grandpa struggled. Convention wrap-up: Hatch to primary, Love to take on Matheson. Bishop, Chaffetz breeze through. Happy Monday. Mitt Romney, whose wealth has continually been a point of contention in his campaign, says his grandfather "went broke more than once." It's a new tact by the Romney camp to explain that the candidate's family hasn't always been rich after President Barack Obama noted that he wasn't born with a "silver spoon in my mouth." -> Romney notes that lessons learned from his grandpa's struggles were passed down the line: "My dad learned lessons about the importance of family and of faith and had a great and abiding affection for this c... |
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Updated on Apr 21, 2012 11:25PM
Many Republicans were shocked Saturday when Attorney General Mark Shurtleff seemingly dismissed Mia Love — the first black woman nominated for Congress in Utah — as a “novelty.” “You have to please pick a person with a proven record who can beat Jim Matheson this fall. Not a novelty,” Shurtleff said. The reference drew boos from many in the audience and outrage from many Republicans. Republican National Committeewoman Enid Mickelsen said she had an angry confrontation with Shurtleff over the comment. “At first I didn’t believe it,” Mickelsen said. But Shurtleff, she said, ... |
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Updated on Apr 21, 2012 08:48PM
Mia Love pulled a major upset on Saturday, winning the Republican Party nomination in Utah’s 4th District, advancing to face U.S. Rep. Jim Matheson in November. “Jim Matheson should be pretty frightened right now. He should be pretty scared,” she said after clinching the nomination. “He’s never gone against a candidate like me.” Love who won 70.4 percent of the vote, said she was hoping for the outcome, but wasn’t making any bold predictions. Wimmer captured 29.6 percent of the vote. Wimmer, a co-founder of the Patrick Henry Caucus, focused on states rights, had campaign for the office ... |
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Updated on Apr 21, 2012 08:26PM
Last-minute allegations of dirty tricks threw Utah's 2nd Congressional District Republican race into turmoil Saturday evening but businessman Chris Stewart emerged as the party's nominee over Utah's ex-House Speaker David Clark even after former rivals lined up behind Clark. Eureka Mayor Milt Hanks alleged right before delegates began casting ballots that four contenders had conspired to drop negative information about Stewart -- charges that those candidates denied and claimed was foul play by Stewart's camp. "Chris Stewart is a bald-faced liar whether you like it or not," candidate Chuck Williams later alleged at the podium, prompting party officials to temporarily cut his... |
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Updated on Apr 21, 2012 07:56PM
Mia Love pulled a major upset on Saturday, winning the Republican Party nomination in Utah’s 4th District, advancing to face U.S. Rep. Jim Matheson in November. “Today we have an opportunity to do something very special. Today we can start breaking a pattern,” Love exhorted delegates before the final vote. “Today we can start bringing Jim Matheson home. Elect one nominee today, so we can take this fight to Jim Matheson tomorrow.” Love won 70.4 percent of the vote from the delegates while Wimmer captured 29.6 percent. Wimmer, a co-founder of the Patrick Henry Caucus, focused on states ri... |
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Updated on Apr 21, 2012 06:28PM
Saratoga Springs Mayor Mia Love and former state Rep. Carl Wimmer received the most votes on the first round of voting for the GOP nomination in the 4th Congressional District and will move to a head-to-head showdown. Each argued they were the Republican candidate with the best shot at unseating six-term Democratic Rep. Jim Matheson in November. Love received 53 percent of the delegate vote on the first ballot, Wimmer received 31 percent. If either candidate gets 60 percent on the final round of balloting, he or she will win the nomination. If not, they will advance to a primary. Love s... |
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Updated on Apr 21, 2012 05:45PM
> Second District Republican contender Milt Hanks threw out charges at the last minute before balloting on Saturday, alleging that four candidates conspired to oust rival Chris Stewart with some damaging information. Hanks, the Eureka mayor, said hopefuls David Clark, Cherilyn Eagar, Howard Wallack and Chuck Williams came to him recently to say they had negative information on Stewart and that they all needed to band together to get rid of him. "Are we back to the hog trough of backroom deals and backstabbing politics?" Hanks said. "I'm sorry if that's what Dave learned in the House. If that's what Howard learned in business, I don't need it. If that's what Cherilyn learn... |
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Updated on Apr 21, 2012 05:14PM
Rep. Jason Chaffetz claimed the GOP nomination in the 3rd Congressional District, with 74 percent of the delegate vote. He had two GOP rivals in Lynn Wardle and Brian Jenkins. "It is a mess. It is an absolute mess in Washington, D.C.," said Chaffetz, who was first elected in 2008. But he said he has had some successes, touting his legislation that would sell unused federal buildings and fire federal employees who are delinquent on their taxes. He noted that he sponsored the balanced budget amendment that passed in the House and touted his travels in support of presidential candidate Mitt Romney. "Thank you for your support," he said. "I hope we made you pro... |
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Updated on Apr 21, 2012 04:41PM
Delegates in Utah's 2nd Congressional District were faced with the choice of 11 candidates at the Utah Republican Convention, too many for the party's new fancy electronic voting machine that only had 10 buttons. So delegates had to get out of their seats and head to another hall where a whole new podium, speakers, projectors, TelePrompTers and seats awaited them. After the speeches, the delegates will have to vote on paper and wait for volunteer judges to count them up. But it wasn't necessary after all. Candidate Ed Mayorhofer filed for office but didn't show up to Saturday's convention, leaving the field with only 10 candidates, the perfect number to ha... |
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Updated on Apr 21, 2012 04:28PM
There will be a primary for state auditor between Auston Johnson, who has held the office since 1995, and state Rep. John Dougall. Dougall, R-Highland, was running with the backing of leaders of the state Legislature, who said that the State Auditor, under Johnson’s watch, had not met its constitutional duty as a watchdog. Johnson, who did not have a Republican challenger, came out ahead in the balloting, winning 55 percent of the delegate support to Dougall’s 45 percent, but he fell short of the 60 percent threshold needed to win the nomination outright. The two will face off in a June 26 primary... |
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Updated on Apr 21, 2012 03:57PM
Utah Gov. Gary Herbert beat back a challenge from five Republican contenders to win his party’s nomination Saturday. Herbert won 63 percent of the vote from the Republican delegates, defeating Morgan Philpot, a former state representative who narrowly lost to U.S. Rep. Jim Matheson in 2010. Herbert will face Democrat Peter Cooke, a retired two-start general, who received the Democratic nomination at his party’s convention. “I know Peter Cooke. He’s a good guy,” Herbert said. “I like Peter. We’ll have a spirited contest.” Philpot said he was surprised and disappointed that ... |
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Updated on Apr 21, 2012 03:10PM
Utah attorney general candidates Sean Reyes and John Swallow will face off in a June primary for the Republican nomination after neither met the 60 percent threshold they needed to win the nomination outright. Both are seeking to replace Attorney General Mark Shurtleff, who is not seeking a third term, and the winner of the June 26 primary will view against Democrat Dee Smith in November. Swallow, who had the backing of Shurtleff, received 54.5 percent of the vote to Reyes' 45.5 percent, throwing the contest to Republican primary voters. Swallow argued that he had taking charge of the state's lawsuit against the federal government over the Democrats health care law, ... |
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Updated on Apr 21, 2012 03:25PM
Utah Gov. Gary Herbert beat back a challenge from five Republican contenders to win his party’s nomination Saturday. Herbert won 63 percent of the vote from the Republican delegates, defeating Morgan Philpot, a former state representative who narrowly lost to U.S. Rep. Jim Matheson in 2010. Herbert will face Democrat Peter Cooke, a retired two-start general, who received the Democratic nomination at his party’s convention. Herbert touted his accomplishments since he became governor in 2009, when then-Gov. Jon Huntsman became the U.S. Ambassador to China. “You’ve heard a lo... |
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Updated on Apr 21, 2012 02:45PM
What a difference two years make. In 2010, Utah Republican delegates bounced Sen. Bob Bennett from office with chants of "TARP, TARP, TARP," referring to the Wall Street bailout that Bennett voted for. On Saturday, with a slew of new delegates in the room, Bennett returned to the convention and received a standing ovation by a good swath of delegates when he received the GOP chairman's award for outstanding service. "Senator Bennett we were proud of the service you gave this great state," Chairman Thomas Wright said. The crowd applauded again and several starting shouting for Bennett to speak. He returned to the podium and spoke to the delegates for the first t... |
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Updated on Apr 21, 2012 03:18PM
Utah Gov. Gary Herbert was forced to a second ballot Saturday against challenger Morgan Philpot. Herbert received 57 percent of the vote on the first ballot while Philpot received 23 percent of the vote. Four other candidates were dropped off the second-round ballot. If one candidate receives 60 percent of the vote, he will win the party’s nomination outright. In his speech before the second round of voting, Philpot urged delegates to send the race to a primary. “Let’s air this to the public,” Philpot said. “We cannot continue to be conned by promises of politicians who do not deliver when they ha... |
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Updated on Apr 21, 2012 02:12PM
Utah Republicans had become accustomed to long, drawn-out conventions as volunteer judges count stacks of paper ballots do decide which candidates get nominated and which ones head to a primary. Not Saturday. Despite some initial objections, delegates seem to find the new, electronic voting system a big positive in streamlining and speeding up the voting process and bringing results back within minutes, not hours. The first round of the Senate balloting came back so fast, that delegates seemed almost stunned. "I couldn't be more thrilled with it," Utah GOP Chairman Thomas Wright told us during the first round of votes for governor. "I'm glad to have led the ... |
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Updated on Apr 21, 2012 11:04AM
The Republican convention has had a few minor snags, most of which surround the electronic balloting. But this might be the most embarrassing one. One of the Utah County signs has a slight problem. -- Matt Canham
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Updated on Apr 21, 2012 11:29AM
Utah Sen. Curt Bramble survived a challenge from Brigham Young University professor Andrew Holmes, capturing the Republican nomination in the Provo district Saturday. Bramble received just enough votes to clear the 60 percent threshold needed to win the nomination at the Utah Republican Convention, avoiding a June primary. In other Senate races, state Sen. Ralph Okerlund, R-Monroe, narrowly missed winning the nomination outright over state Rep. Patrick Painter, R-Nephi, capturing 59.8 percent of the vote. The two lawmakers will face off in a June primary. State Sen. Casey Anderson, R-Cedar City, w... |
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Updated on Apr 21, 2012 10:20AM
Mitt Romney's son Josh played surrogate for his dad on Saturday at the Utah Republican Convention, pitching his the presumptive Republican presidential nominee to a crowd that doesn't need much pitching. "Utah obviously holds a very special place in my heart," Josh Romney said, leading off the convention. "He talks about Utah all the time on the campaign trail." The Romney son noted that his dad lauds Olympic volunteers often and asked the crowd to raise their hands if they were among the thousands of Utahns who helped out. A scattering of hands shot up. Josh Romney, who has now been to 20 states urging voters to back his father, also asked the crowd to support... |
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Updated on Apr 21, 2012 08:29PM
Stewart wins 2nd District nod amid allegations, anger Last-minute allegations of dirty tricks threw Utah's 2nd Congressional District Republican race into turmoil Saturday evening but businessman Chris Stewart emerged as the party's nominee over Utah's ex-House Speaker David Clark even after former rivals lined up behind Clark. Eureka Mayor Milt Hanks alleged right before delegates began casting ballots that four contenders had conspired to drop negative information about Stewart -- charges that those candidates denied and claimed was foul play by Stewart's camp. "Chris Stewart is a bald-faced liar whether you like it or not," candidate Chuck ... |
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Updated on Apr 20, 2012 03:35PM
Delegates bombarded with mailers, phone calls and offers of free meals. Peter Cooke chooses a second-generation running mate. Ann Romney is a potent political weapon. Happy Friday. It's the day before the big state party conventions and we thought you might like a different vantage point on all of this intense campaigning. Here is the view through the eyes of a GOP delegate. [Trib] [Fox13] Topping the news: Gov. Gary He... |
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Updated on Apr 19, 2012 07:22PM
Second District candidate Chris Stewart touted a pre-convention interview with his good buddy and occassional collaborator Glenn Beck on Beck's GBTV. Some highlights: • Glenn tells his good friend that he's a terrible politician; Beck's big finish:... |
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Updated on Apr 19, 2012 07:01PM
Carl Wimmer gets roughed up in a new mailer that will be hitting Republican delegates’ mailboxes before the convention Saturday. Here’s what it looks like:
The mailer is the work of Ute Pac, which was created by Dimitri Moumoulidis, who has been active in Democrati... |
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Updated on Apr 19, 2012 07:35AM
Paul's new video game. Hatch leads among voters. Wimmer snags an extra delegate. Happy Wednesday. Rep. Ron Paul has inspired a new video game: "Ron Paul: Road to REVOLution," featuring the long-shot candidate traveling across America collecting gold and delegates. Yes, it's true. -> Players can also fight battles against the Federal Reserve and is quite reminiscent of Super Mario Bros, but with Paul playing the role of Mario and without the princesses. [WSJ] Topping the news: A new Salt Lake Tribune poll shows Se... |
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Updated on Apr 18, 2012 07:38AM
Pastor: Mitt 'lesser of two evils.' Lawsuit over GOP electronic voting. Hatch's missed votes. Happy Wednesday. So last year, Texas Pastor Robert Jeffress caused a stir by calling Mormonism a "cult," but now he's back and saying there might be Biblical reasons for voting for Mitt Romney, a Mormon. Jeffress compares Romney to the "lesser of two evils," adding: ""It's like my friend Janet Marshall says, 'Jesus isn't on the ballot this year, so we have to make choices.'"[DailyCaller] Topping the news: The Utah Republican party ... |
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Updated on Apr 17, 2012 05:21PM
Former Utah House Speaker David Clark picked up the endorsement of former Gov. Mike Leavitt today in his bid for the Republican nomination in the 2nd Congressional District race. Leavitt praised Clark for his experience. "What is less well known in Utah is the respect he garners within the beltway because of his state-level health care leadership and commitment to states' rights," Leavitt said. "His reputation and experience, combined with his proven track record of fiscal conservatism are the right mix for our nation's challenges." Leavitt isn't the first former governor to endorse in the race, which features 11 candidates. Chris Stewart lined up former Gov. Norm Ban... |
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Updated on Apr 17, 2012 04:51PM
GOP to vote electronically. Undecided winning 2nd District. Romney starts Veep hunt. Happy Tuesday. Republican Convention delegates could see a new trend in electronic voting, but some critics are concerned the system is flawed. With four times as many candidates competing at this year's convention as opposed to the 2010 gathering, party officials were concerned how long balloting could take and have implemented a new electronic system to tally votes faster. But already a legal challenge may be in the works to force a paper system out of concern the computer math wouldn't add up. [ |
