Meanwhile, Rep. Chris Cannon, R-Utah, said Republicans should be worried about Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-New York, and her apparent bid for the White House in 2008. Clinton, Cannon said, is changing her congressional voting pattern to appear more moderate and feigning religious piety to woo voters.

"May I suggest we have our work cut out for us" in defeating Clinton, Cannon said.

"Have you all noticed that Hillary Clinton is going back to church and carrying a bible again?" he added.

Feigning religion "is sort of hard to pull off for a non-believing person, but Hillary is quite good at it," he said.

• In Davis County, party chairman Todd Weiler and vice chairman Tom Allgood both retained their seats at the Davis County Republican Convention.

Weiler said he plans to be aggressive in leading the county party over the next two years.

"The Democrats are reorganizing and regrouping and they are becoming stronger," he said. "As a party, we need to keep on our toes."

The county party also passed a resolution recognizing Davis County educators for their hard work in the past year.

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Contributing: Nicole Warburton

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