Across the bottom section of the page in the largest handwriting: "Robert F. Bennett," along with two phone numbers. Bennett, your junior U.S. senator, ran a CIA cover organization during the Watergate scandal, employing none other than burglar/Republican operative E. Howard Hunt.
Hunt's name appears above Bennett's. The Utah Republican was long rumored to be the famed Deep Throat whom Woodward relied on to "follow the money" through the scandal, but that source ultimately turned out to be the former No. 2 man at the FBI: Mark Felt.
Felt's name and number, interestingly, appear two lines down from Bennett's.
The Late Show
with Gov. Romney
Former presidential candidate Mitt Romney surprised the crowd last week at the Radio and Television Correspondents' Association annual dinner in Washington when he unexpectedly strolled on stage.
Romney, then proceeded to deliver his "Top 10 Reasons for Dropping Out of the Race," according to my friend Mike Allen, of Politico. Drum roll please . . .
10. There weren't as many Osmonds as I thought.
9. I got tired of corkscrew landings under sniper fire.
8. As a lifelong hunter, I didn't want to miss the start of the varmint season.
7. There wasn't room for two Christian leaders.
6. I was upset that no one had bothered to search my passport files.
5. I needed an excuse to get fat, grow a beard and win the Nobel prize.
4. I took a bad fall at a campaign rally and broke my hair.
3. I wanted to finally take off that dark suit and tie, and kick back in a light-colored suit and tie.
2. Once my wife Ann realized I couldn't win, my fundraising dried up.
1. There was a miscalculation in our theory: "As Utah goes, so goes the nation."
The 'cute' candidate
Third Congressional District challenger David Leavitt's recent financial disclosure lists nearly $3,000 for a TV spot, which would be rare in a convention race where only 1,200 party insiders get to vote.
The disclosure also said Leavitt spent $400 on makeup. One of his opponents, Jason Chaffetz, chimed in that the money was well spent.
"Delegates are telling me he is looking particularly cute these days," Chaffetz joked.
Leavitt, who is trying to unseat Rep. Chris Cannon, said the listing isn't totally accurate. He isn't running television ads. He was making a video to show the delegates at the convention.
And he promises the $400 in hair and makeup was not the Utah version of former Sen. John Edwards' famous high-end haircut, but a vital expenditure for his special top secret video.
Orrin makes 'Jeopardy'
Utah's long-serving senator got a nice plug on "Jeopardy" last week.
The subject of the $200 question was "starts with the same letter."
The answer: Utah senator or a boat's opening.
If you guessed, "What is a Bennett?" we'd suggest boning up on your political and nautical knowledge.
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* BURR and CANHAM report for The Tribune from Washington. They can be reached at tburr@sltrib.com or mcanham@sltrib.com. For more political tidbits, visit http://blogs.sltrib.com/utahpolitics.
