Is Mitt Romney's loss Utah's loss? Mike Leavitt, other Utahns were poised to make an impact

Published: Tuesday, Nov. 6 2012 11:56 p.m. MST

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Former Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt said he was optimistic Mitt Romney would win Tuesday's presidential election, but acknowledged that might have been because he was in charge of planning for a Romney victory.

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ParkCityAggie

Park City, Ut

The American public, the vast majority are moderates. They voted for the moderate candidate. Republicans need to take some lessons from this loss. 1. The tea party was not a model for the party. 2. Lose the religious nut jobbers and their More..

11:12 p.m. Nov. 6, 2012
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Emajor

Ogden, UT

By the way, Deseret News, Mitt Romney's loss is not "utah's loss". There is a significant and growing portion of the state population that is neither Mormon nor conservative. That portion doesn't want Mitt Romney, didn't More..

11:24 p.m. Nov. 6, 2012
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Emajor

Ogden, UT

Worf apparently thought his comment was so clever that he had to post it on two separate articles tonight. I'm not going to gloat about Obama winning a second term, but I don't feel much sympathy for folks like this who get nasty and More..

11:05 p.m. Nov. 6, 2012
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