Ten most influential Utahns of 2010
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#1 Mike Lee
Amid a wave of voter discontent and Tea Party support, Lee ousted incumbent Bob Bennett to become the youngest elected member of the U.S. Senate, at age 39. He hopes to balance the budget, impose term limits, and limit the size and scope of the federal government during his tenure in office.
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WAY TO GO MIKE!
I find it utterly appalling that the Utah media continues to heap praise upon Jeremy Johnson when he's facing such serious charges. If they are true, it is a pretty black eye on the entire state.
Mike Lee? Are you kidding me? Would Tim Bridgewater have been first if he had won?
You guys blew it. Hands down the most influential Utahn is Thomas S. Monson. Lee would be #2. The dude driving the heavy equipment wouldn't even be on the list, although he did make a significant contribution.
Who put Luz Robles name in the hat? just because she supports illegal immigration?
Jeremy Johnson? Well, if you mean that giving the Attorney General $50,000 to keep him off your back is an effective strategy, then yeah, I guess that's influential.
"He hopes to balance the budget, impose term limits, and limit the size and scope of the federal government during his tenure in office."
How many politicians have run on this platform? How many of them have actually done it? Nice job pandering to the right-wing sheeple of Utah Mike. Now go back there and actually try to do something about it. You'll find out quickly how much clout a jr. Senator from Utah has in Washington.
What has Mike Lee influenced?
If you are going to put Robles on the list please list her accomplishments.
1- Best representative of the Mexican government in Utah.
2- Dumbest proposal of all time, issuing permits for her "people" to break the law.
I guess Sandstrom isn't on the list because he advocates enforcing the law instead of breaking it. This doesn't fit in with the DN amnesty agenda. You must advocate breaking the law and go against the will of the majority of Utahns to be a "hero" obviously, then you are "influential".
Yet, if there was an open primary.Mike Lee would have been trounced by Bennett. Only in Utah does the voice of the people get silenced by those who can manipulate crowds at neighborhood meetings where opposing views easily get shouted down and extreme candidates can get on the ticket.