Matheson's Republican opponent Morgan Philpot has just been lobbed a softball. Why isn't he hitting it out of the park?
How about a group hug? At a "listening session" in Salt Lake City, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar let everybody vent on Utah's intractable wild-lands conflicts. After the noise stopped, Secretary Feelgood noted: “There is great promise in Utah that disputes that have gone on for generation after generation can be resolved by reasonable people.”
Is Obama messing with Utah's leaders? Interior Secretary Salazar couldn't even give Utah's top leaders a straight answer to their entreaties to fight a federal court ruling that opens the door to a nuclear-storage site in the heart of Utah. Salazar's answer: “What we will do is examine the [July 26 court] decision and the findings of the judge and make some decisions.” It makes you wonder if the Beehive State did something to offend the Obama Administration.
