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Conservative Utah group has returned

Haven't the people of Utah wised up enough yet to see how these Republicans have been putting the squeeze on it's citizens? Anything to devide and take the Republicans out of Utah government is a blessing for us all. Republicans and their corruption in Utah's government has been holding their thumbs on our heads and in our wallets long enough and it time for major and drastic change. The standard or party politics in Utah is to see who can dig the deepest in our pockets and force us with substandard living conditions. Lowest wages, highest per capita of illegal foreign nationals among us feeding off the trough of our social programs. The business corporations of Utah are using illegals as tax exempt workers with lucrative and profitable tax evasion corporations. Illegals pay no taxes and their employers make thousands of dollars per illegal as tax exempt profits, also know as pocket change and bribery funds to maintain their style of doing business. The Republican party is behind it all as they are primary in aiding and abetting business practicing tax evasion. The job of suppling government funding is all on the backs of underpaid low income citizens.

Why not just declare the John Birch Society the only political party allowed in Utah and get it over with?

Oh, the Right wing.

With Chaffetz, he will get back to his left-leaning Democratic ways pretty quick. I say this not because of his Dukakis for President campaign of 20 years ago but because as Chief of staff to Huntsman he was considered ubber liberal by all the others.

And it should be noted that so many of the Republican Assembly types of a few years back weren't really Republicans either. They ended up being extreme liberatarians.

These people get fooled easily by anyone who will 'talk the talk.' It's always about rhetoric.

I predict that in about 3 years this one will be bust as well.

I'm glad basic honesty is right up there. The Republican Party doesn't need any more Larry Craigs.

Jason Chaffetz won against both Leavitt and Cannon, not by just picking up the "ultra right wing" votes, but by picking up most of the votes across the board, including me.

With his democratic challenge saying that Jesus would likely vote democrat, Jason is going to win. People in Utah do not react well to that kind of statement.

Jason is running on basic good common sense issues. It wouldn't surprise me if he picked up 1/2 of the democrats voting.

I was saddened to read that the reincarnated URA was going to focus on moral issues. What we need is a Republican Party that focuses on FISCAL issues.

The Republicans already have the homo-marriage-is-bad thing down pretty well. Now we need someone who will cut spending at the federal level.

As someone with a lot of background in Republican politics, I would be very wary of ANY organization that had Tom Draschill or Don Ruzicka involved in it. These two guys are an embarrassment to the Republican party.

Actually most of these people aren't really Republicans. They are ULTRA-RIGHTS who invade the party caucuses and then after the convention, they go back to being John Birchers, American Party and other non-Republican groups. They know these other parties can't get anyone elected so they try to take over the Republican Party in the hopes of getting some of their ultra-right people in office.

It's kind of scary. These people have been trying to take over in Utah County for years. Actually, most of them (like the Ruzickas and Draschills) are people who have moved in from other states. They are so activist that they have made inroads.

Most Utahns are reasonable mainstream conservatives--NOT ARCH RIGHTS. All Republicans need to stand up and keep these people from taking over our party. I'm not worried about Jason Chaffetz--he's a reasonable guy. But more people need to get involved with the Party to save it from these ultra-right weirdos.

You mean to say that Utahns NEVER pay attention to any religious-political mix?

You don't realize that the Democrat "Jesus would vote" guy is merely reflecting what we Gentiles have heard, for years here?

A split Utah Republican party still means that everyone marches down to the polls, pushes the (R) button, then marches home for punch and cookie.

OR...in the case of most polls, goes into the other room of the Mormon wardhouse for the treats.

You want a cheep way to get illegal immigration to stop? Make English the official language and quit providing services in other languages. They'd leave in a heart beat or be forced to learn English.

just what utah needs, in the era of total failure of the current conservative neocon disaster america is trying to overcome, an even more conservative (can anyone say the C word) whacko group from utah county.
the only thing they dont have is skin heads as security gaurds.

I get so tired of the stereotypes. I'm a conservative and a Republican. But I voted for Christian Burridge when he ran against Cannon. I will vote for a Democrat if the Republican Party doesn't give me a decent choice. Although this year my choice is easy - Chaffetz is the fiscal conservative we've all been hoping for. He's the real deal.

As for the corruption of the Republican Party, I acknowledge there is corruption - anywhere there is power. You'll find it in every statehouse in this nation, regardless of who runs the show. It is the nature of power to corrupt people. And it is the responsibility of voters to send them packing once politicians lose sight of the principles they used to win votes in the first place.

Dear..
I haven't seen any polls at "mormon wardhouses" for 30 years or more.

I have been voting for over 25 years and I have never punched the straight party box. Often, when I get to the bottom of the ballot, there hasn't been very many democrats, if any voted for.

I haven't decided on my State Senator yet. Three choices, and the one I really know well, I am not voting for.

I am voting for Jason Chaffetz.

This group endorsed Chaffetz...which is the only connection you can make between this group and Chaffetz.

Everyone keeps mis-diagnosing why Cannon lost to Chaffetz, including this article.

If you want to really know why Cannon lost, look at the short video presentations at www.ourcaucus.com which features both Cannon and Matheson and shows specifically how they have actually been politically more united than divided.

It also shows how and why the big money special interests groups work hand in hand with incumbents of both parties to keep us divided over silly things like the group in this article...meanwhile they jointly plunder government coffers and fill their pockets and then finance the perpectual re-elections of incumbents from both parties.

Until I saw these videos I had no idea how bad the system has become. talk about an eye opener. Everyone should check them out before they ever vote for anyone ever again. (www.ourcaucus.com)

It seems to becoming more and more clear that our choices in the third district are as clear as our choice between Obama and McCain. To me it seems the only clear conscience votes I can cast this year is for Chuck Baldwin and Jim Noorlander of the Constitution Party. The leaders of the two major parites just don't seem to grasp the high level of frustration that is building toward the two major parties. Mitt Romney's endorsement of McCain was the last straw for me.

This article is a bit sensational, as there's nothing new about conservatives in the GOP (such as Taft, Goldwater, and Reagan) challenging the "country club" wing of the party.

It is true that the Utah Republican Assembly (URA) fights hard for conservatives in the Republican conventions and primaries, but we then unite with the Party to get our Republican candidates elected.

For example, our 2008 endorsements include conservatives like Congressman Rob Bishop, 2nd Congressional District candidate Bill Dew, and House Rules Chair Steve Urquhart, who is running for the Utah Senate in Washington County.

Some of the comments imply that some or all URA members are not really Republicans, which is not true. Most of our members are life-long Republicans who stick with the Party despite its left-ward shift in recent years.

The principles of the URA include support for the U.S. Constitution, limited government, low taxes, cutting spending and bureaucracy, enforcing our borders and our immigration laws, and individual rights, such as the right to life, religious freedom, the right to bear arms, and parental rights. In other words, good old-fashioned conservatism.

I invite Utah's conservatives to join us in our movement. You can contact me at dixierepublican@yahoo.com.

Glad that you brought in the LDS church. For a minute I thought you had a legitimate opinion. As a conservative with religious affiliations that are none of your business, it's easy to dismiss you the moment you use any main stream religion as a whipping boy.

The principles of the URA include jailing women for having abortions, high taxes for the purpose of worldwide warmongering (but heaven forbid a hand up to somebody in trouble), putting undocumented workers in concentration camps (cf. Chaffetz), destroying our neighborhood school system, and your neighbor's right to own an AK47. Not true?

Just what Utah and the country needs, another group (even if it's been around for awhile) to divide our country and distort the issues with their own narrow brand if ideology.

They can make fun of Spencer for his comments about Jesus voting as a democrat (BTW, not a smart comment for him to make)but they don't seem to recognize how when they wrap themselves in the flag with mom, apple pie, and religon to justify their stands on issues they are doing the same thing.

It was actually their tactics that I'm sure prompted Spencer to make his comment and to assert that Jesus could vote democrat because they have different stands on issues that are based on moral and ethical standards.

The conservatives wear values and religion on their sleves. Spencer I'm sure was trying to assert that values are much broader then what has been defined by conservative organizations.

When someone brags about their conservative credentials and how that qualifies them for government service, I see someone that doesn't think the problems facing our society but only reacts. I wouldn't vote for them either. I want ideas heard before action is taken.

Now, if we could just form a conservative Democratic alliance, some of us that have cried in the wilderness for years might have a home.

DA: What "mainstream religion" are you referring to?

Seriously though, why do people get upset when anyone dares mention the LDS influence on Utah politics?