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Cannon facing a tough contest

but I think the government needs new people in office. I have yet to see what Chris Cannon has done to help this State.

ABCD: Anybody But Cannon or a Democrat

I for one am not voting for Cannon, unless he makes it past a primary, which he wont. He will not make it out of the convention. He almost didn't 2 years ago.

Anyone But Cannon.

Looks like Cannon is not only vulnerable but finished. Spin it how you want Ryan, 70% of those polled dont want Chris Back. IT ONLY TAKES 60% IN A CONVENTION.

No matter where you live in the state, now is the time for all good men and women to come to the aid of their communities. Attend your local caucus, elect delegates and precicnt leadership, consider volunteering for a campaign, participate in the process. Don't leave it to someone else. We need you in the game.

Leavitt says he's only been campaigning for four weeks? I recall getting a Christmas card from him last December.

Perhaps he's opperating in the "Lord's" time. If Leavitt continues to push his God-is-on-my-side agenda that makes my decision a lot easier.

Oh, why does the Dnews print stories like this?

It sounds good but two major weaknesses.

First, they have diluted the vote by basically asking both a general election vote and a primary vote. If they want to do head to heads ask all 200 voters if they will vote for the Democrat or Cannon, the Democrat or Leavitt,etc. Then ask the next question of who will you vote for the in the GOP Primary, Cannon, Leavitt or Chaefettz. And did Dan Jones even bother to ask about Joe Ferguson, another Republican who is certain to get 10-15% of the vote at convention due to his connections in the Eagle Forum type community.

The second problem with this poll is only asking 200 voters. That means, with some 800,000 people in the district, the margin of error is going to be roughly 10-12%! That is enormous!!

If you played junk science with a junk poll the percentages are different. Of those that responded to the three GOP, removing the Democrat and undecideds: Cannon not 30% but 56%, Leavitt 36% and Chaeffetz 8%. Do you really think the Democrat is going to get 12% of the votes? Cannon wins agin.

This is great news! Cannon needs to be voted out of office. He supports illegal immigration, but tells his contituents that he doesn't. A recent Salt Lake Tribune article exposed Cannon's forked tongue approach to the immigration issue: tell the voters what they want to hear while voting for the pro-illegal cause back in Washington. Also, if Cannon will lie about where he stands and what he's doing on illegal immigration what else will he lie to us about. It's time to vote this guy out of office. Republican delegates should vote him out at convention! Now, go do the right thing!

I think it's funny that Leavitt thinks he is within striking distance of Cannon. Leavitt is running on the Leavitt name only. Glad that Cannon's campaign manager pointed out who he really is.

This is the best slate we can come up with? Leavitt is sounding lately like Huckabee and Chaffetz just doesn't ever seem to have anything nice to say. As a delegate I'm still leaning Cannon.

I think it is funny that Mr. Leavitt got caught in his plan to run as a republican but campaign as an independant. Look at all of his material up until today, he made no mention of the republican party or its platform or values. His plan was to become an independant if elected then he could unite both republicans and democrats and return the promise to America. He now has the Republican Elephant on his Material 2 days before the caucus. If Cannon is so vulnerable then why to Leavitt and Chafetz combined don't equal Cannon. Chafetz could not even make it as chief of staff let alone my Congressman. Jason take your helmet, you got fired by the Gov.

This seems to happen every election. It sounds so tempting. All you have to do is get less than 1,000 delegates to side with you and since you can count on the electorate of the 3rd district to vote for anyone who is a Republican, you become a congressman.

I've seen Chris's political machine in person though. He'll get through the convention and even if he has to go to a primary he will clean up. It just seems like a wasteful exercise for those who frankly have nothing more to offer than a "more conservative than thou" platform.

If you want America's borders dissolved, vote for Cannon.

If you want to start signing your name with your thumb print, vote for Leavitt. Did you all get your revolution letters in the mail from Leavitt? I asked him about the thumb print and all he talked about was the color orange.

Leavitt and Cannon both will take us down the path to totalitarianism.

BBKing, you're my hero. We need to see not only the poll numbers, but also the questions asked. And not just a journalist's summary. We need to see the questions in print. This is bad math and the public falls for it every time.

I have always thought Cannon was an embarrassement. On the other hand, I have big problems with the ethics of someone who was once involved with NuScam selling snake oil and pyramids. I guess that leaves Leavitt by default.

KEEP CANNON IN OFFICE

I think if anyone will actually check into what Cannon has actually done while in Congress, (besides gladly accepting his pay)

About anyone could be elected over him. Just like a "real job" if you hold a real job yet do nothing, you dont keep your job for long.

Its ironic that Utah only has one effective congressman in Washington, even Bill Gephardt of KUTV knows it, and he is a ............ Democrat!

Congressman Canon's record is available for everyone to read. Whether you agree with him or disagree, why not point out specific bills and specific votes instead of showing ignorance of what he has done in Washington by using blanket statements to either praise him or to smear him.

I know absolutely nothing about those others who have announced their candidacy, but it should be equally easy to look at their resumes to see what they offer.

If there is one thing that I have learned about the political system, it is that a person's past performance is a pretty fair indicator of his future performance. Rather than listen to puffy promises, I prefer to read the candidate's history and to listen to what his fellow workers have to say about the way he performed both on the job and during his free time.

Utah is one place where there are endless opportunities to serve others. If a candidate has reached the age to qualify to represent us in Washington, he should have a long record of serving in the community.

Wait a minute. Leavitt says he's only been campaigning for four weeks? I was invited to a cottage meeting last November. I received at least 2 (possibly 3) polls from his campaign in the past few months. I got the Christmas card. I've had roughly the same amount of contact from Leavitt's campaign as I've had from the Chaffetz campaign - except that Leavitt has his staff poll me and Chaffetz called me and talked to me himself.

Why does Leavitt justify saying he's only been campaigning for 4 weeks? I heard he spent six figures last quarter alone! If he wasn't spending that money to campaign, what was it for?

Re: Cannon Effectiveness

Do some research folks. Ask Mr. Matheson how many bills he's sponsored and passed since being in Congress. He has ZERO bills that have been signed into law. Ask Mr. Bishop the same question. I can tell you right now that the answer is ZERO. Now ask Mr. Cannon. He has been the original sponsor of 15 bills that have been passed and signed into law. You want to talk about being effective - do the research and you'll see for yourselves.

Joe Fergerson also filed as a candidate. So we have a four way race for Cannon's seat.

Leavitt is a sorry trade off, accomplishing nothing.

As a delegate, I will be supporting Joe - with a proven record, while Jason was Huntsman's campaign manager...look where that got us!