Letter: Vote for the candidate who owes fewer favors

Published: Saturday, June 23 2012 12:38 a.m. MDT

Summary

The Deseret News recently reported on the status of the campaign war chests of Sen. Orrin Hatch and Dan Liljenquist ("Hatch spends millions on re-election campaign; Liljenquist dips into own pocket again," June 14).

Hatch raised $10.5 million to Liljenquist's approximately $800,000 — half of which has come from his own pocket. With all of the concern surrounding Washington being beholden to special interest groups, it is clear to me which candidate will have less favors to return if elected to the Senate.

Collin R. Anderson

Bountiful

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JoeBlow

Far East USA, SC

pretty weak.

So, we want the less "corrupt" candidate?

How about we all work to get ALL the money out of politics. Lets work as R, D and I to get ALL corporate and union money out of our politics. And then we limit More..

4:21 a.m. June 23, 2012
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The Real Maverick

Orem, UT

It's funny for folks like these to recognize how money is giving Hatch an advantage but dismiss the fact that in Wisconsin so much money was raised and spent by the governor.

We can see even with our local politics, ads and fliers More..

9:25 a.m. June 23, 2012
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travelrus

murray, UT

It's the big GOP fundraiser in Deer Valley this weekend all the big names are coming town. I understand that Mia Love is getting about a million for her campaigne by way of Paul Ryan the tea-party poster boy. Lets see Mia Love just got bought! More..

2:56 p.m. June 23, 2012
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