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Bob Bernick Jr.: Looking to challenge Bennett? Watch it; he's shrewd
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I was furious I had wasted my vote on Romney and not a candidate more committed to running for President.
At any rate: Romney may cost Bennett a few votes!
Lets say Bennett is lucky and gets 1/3 of the vote the 1st round. (Based on current delegate reaction, that isn't going to happen).
Lets say Cherilyn Eagar gets 1/3 of the vote and
Lets say Mark Shurtleff gets 1/3 of the vote and
Lets say James Williams gets the rest.
(Bridgewater still isn't in the race)
Williams votes go to Eagar the next round.
Shurtleff's votes go to Eagar the next round
Eagar wins 67% to 33% and Bennett can retire.
My outcome is more likely than Bob Bernick's.
Even if Bennett does make it out of convention, the majority of the voters don't want him back.
Mitt Romney endorses incumbent Republicans, but will change that endorsement if they lose the nominee. That is what he did with endorsing Chris Cannon, and then endorsing Jason Chaffetz when Cannon was out of the picture.
There are several republican candidates for Utah's 2010 US Senate race. One candidate actively promoted Mitt Romney, including helping with his fundraisers - Cherilyn Eagar.
It highly likely that after Bob Bennett doesn't make it out of state convention next year, that Mitt Romney will be endorsing the nominee, Cherilyn Eagar.
If he is a true patriot, one who believes that service to his Country is sacrifice and not a stepping stone to a life-time of special treatment and special privilege, then he ought to be content with sacrificing six years in service to others.
If his head is so large that he thinks that he and he alone is qualified to represent us, then he has already proven himself unworthy of our trust.
If he claims that one term is not enough to do the job he was elected to do, then he is declaring that he was too lazy or too inept to do the job he was hired to do, and he should be fired.
If he claims that it takes time for form those special relations that makes a Senator valuable, he's just using code words to say that there are still special interest groups whose funds he has not yet "harvested". Fire that man immediately.
That is a public advertisement for a Federal office, which means he is actively campaigning for office.
If he hasn't filed a statement of candidacy yet it is because he hasn't raised or spent more than $5000, which is the filing threshold.
If he has raised or spent more than $5000 he is in violation of FEC law.
Also, I'm a conservative, but I'm starting to think we really need to be voting for the opposite party to have control of the congress. What I mean is when we have a democrat president, we need to vote for republican congressmen, and when we have a republican president we need to vote for moderate democrats in congress. I don't know about you, but it seems like when one party controls both branches of goverment then we get the absolute worst deal as citizens.
Talk is he is thinking of another race, again.
I don't know who is going to run against Matheson for US Congress.
When PRIMARY voters find out that Bennett was key to the passage of the $700 billion Wall St. bailout package he drops 10 percentage points, from 40% to 30%.
Shurtleff jumps up 9% points to 46%.
Bennett could probably weather a 10-point loss to a lesser known candidate, but to a Mark Shurtleff it is spells retirement.
Matheson is running for Governor. Word is he is tired of travelling to DC every week and tired of campaigning every two years. He is much better known than Herbert. This is the Democrats best chance at winning the governor's race since his dad retired.
And if he loses he just tries again for governor or runs for the senate or the new redistricted Democrat-leaning house seat two years later.
Let's also show Mitt Romney that he misread Utah politics and only hurt himself by allying himself with Bennett.
Bennett, you did not tell the truth. Tsk, tsk.
However, Bob Bennett should realize there are enough good choices that he doesn't need to run again.
I'm not surprised to hear that Sen Bennett is among the ten most liberal Republicans in the Senate, which must rank him, not as a moderate, but as a left-wing RINO.
His record is clear enough with regard to the bank bailouts. Of the Utah delegation, the House members all voted against them; Hatch voted for the Senate version of the bill, and Bennett actively and enthusiastically PROMOTED the bailouts from the start. That also marks him as a leftist.
Bennett, almost predictably, is on record as receiving considerable largesse from banking interests.
Thank you, Bob Bernick Jr, for pointing out that Bennett is precisely the kind of politician he appears to be, a wealthy, back room, Machiavellian who is indeed "shrewd", although some would say a sly bugger.
Too long, too liberal, too old, too lazy. He only cares about trying to look conservative just before elections, then goes back to being a "good old boy" in the elite club of 100 Senators.
Shurtleff has the name recognition to beat him in the convention IF EVERYONE OPPOSED TO BENNETT works hard. Bennett is busy locking up state office holders who will be delegates, and we need to convince them to keep an open mind.
It may very well be a Matheson vs. [Republican nominee?) for Senate race. Giving Obama a 61st Democrat to prevent filibusters would be a disaster for our country.
Shurtleff for Senate! Bennett for retirement!
@ Voter
You can't stack the precincts state wide.
We do need delegates that are open to change.
Matheson isn't running for Senate. Either way, we need to vote for the best candidate for the GOP nominee. name recognition isn't the answer. We need someone like Chaffetz, and the closest one running is Eagar.
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