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Want a GOP office in Utah? Best get your glove on Mitt

Good old Dave Hansen.
I've known Dave for probably 30+ years as a neighbor in Farmington.
Every time I see Dave or hear about him and his politics it makes me glad I'm not a Republican.
Keep up the fight Dave.

The alternative to Bennett is a huckster for multi-level marketing schemes who as attorney general sold out Utah to illegal aliens...

Come on Utah... we can do better than these despots!

Dave Hansen is one of the hardest working and most intelligent political operatives and strategist that Utah has produced. I met Dave over 15 years ago it's good to see that someone who understands politics as well as he does wants to take this Job that is nothing but hard work, and little thanks. Most people who have been in politics know to listen to Dave's advice. He will serve the Republican Party well as its next chairman, Democrats look out!

If you are so weak in your views that a slick talker can come and sway you to get off the message...then you deserve what you get...

People need to get their own point of view..not have it given to them.

Bennett is a do nothing..

I've followed Bennett's voting record. He's the best we have. You'd be surprised at how many votes he opposed Hatch on. Sad, really. We ought to get rid of Hatch not Bennett. Bennett is our only conservative Senator left. Put in Shurtleff and we'll have one fiasco after another.

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT Shurtleff had no problems taking away the rights of a Utah parent in deciding what was right for their son who had cancer! If the media did not get involved, those parents would have lost their parental rights! At the very same time, he turns a blind eye to the atrocities of child brides in our Utah polygamy groups.

Shurtleff scares me to death! He's a wolf in sheep's clothing! Please remember his record! And look at his donation record......be looking for polygamist money and organizations. It may not be easy to find, but I'd bet my bottom dollar those funds will show up!

Dave Hansen is the best choice we have had for years for State Party Chair.

Dave has the necessary experience and qualifications to lead the party.

He has 30 years of political experience - knows what works and what doesn't.

He hears our frustrations and anger at the current administration and he is the only candidate who can unite the party to focus on successful solutions.

He stands firmly behind our core republican values.

He will be fair and promote a level playing field.

He has proven fund raising skills and will bring in the money necessary to fund successful programs.

Dave is not obligated to any candidate or elected official,

He is not currently compensated by any candidate or elected official. It took a lot of guts to walk away from that.

He has a great laugh and his wife likes horses.

So, Utah is ga-ga over a rich, Massachusetts quasi-liberal (or at least a moderate). The reality is, if he was not LDS, he would have substantially less support. This all supports the argument of the GOP-LDS link. Is there no chance Romney might be w=rong on some issues or does not walk on water?

I am not sure Bennett is going to get my vote, despite being endorsed by Mitt Romney.

Chris Cannon was endorsed by Mitt Romney, George W. Bush, Hatch and Bennett, and I didn't vote for Cannon.

The two best candidates to replace Bennett haven't even announced yet. I am pretty sure we will get at least one more choice.

All I know about Mr. Bennett, is that he ignores his constituents. I have written to him on occasion and received one reply only and that was a form letter. I know that he doesn't represent me in any way. Perhaps I am in the minority in Utah, but I deserve the common respect and decency that one person pays another. I'm not a big money donor and it shows in his response to me.

Endorsing Bennett hurts Romney more than it helps Bennett.

If you've really "followed Bennett's voting record," then you must have missed the part about the ill-fated TARP legislation that he all but begged Americans to get behind and support in a rush to judgment without due diligence that has proved to be not only reckless, but irresponsible. Bennett was the public voice urging swift passage of the bill. He was the beneficiary of the campaign donations from the recipients of TARP funds, and he returned billions of dollars to his benefactors. How these simple facts have escaped the level of scrutiny and condemnation that was received by Dodd and Frank is incomprehensible to me. He's like the Teflon Dons of old who could never seem to be hammered into prison for their ill-gotten gains. Bennett is as the very root and mainspring of corruption in Washinton D.C. Severing his ties with the monied interests who put him in senior positions in the Senate Banking Committee and have sustained him in office is at the very core and essence of the reasons why he cannot be returned to office. He has breached the public trust, and must be held accountable by voters in 2010.

re: david jay

Bennett will write back, IF you send him a message using his gov website, IF make sure you click that you want the extra special autographed answer for your scrap book response.

Hatch always writes back, as does Chaffetz.

Mean nothing to me. Telling me how to vote is not a motivating factor to me whatsoever. I'll figure it all out on my own, thank you very much. Money begets money in politics today, and it's out of control and it is all corrupt. Bennett is attempting to buy votes at the state delegate level, sending donations via Romney's PAC to them (all perfectly legal, mind you), but influence peddling nonetheless. Getting re-elected is what politicians think about, raise money to do, and it is an all-consuming endeavor. Serving the people, truly being a servant to their masters who elected them, is only a distant afterthought at best.

The 17th amendment to the Constitution that replaced legislative appointments of Senators with the popular vote is what has led to the creation of a privileged and elite class of citizens. One representative with whom I am acquainted likened the Senators to sovereigns and potentates totally and completely out of touch and unaccountable to their constituents. At least we get a chance every two years to re-elect the entire roster of House members. Giving Senators six-year terms ensures corruption. Repeal the 17th Amendment NOW.

I want Dave Hansen to win state gop chair.

I am hoping someone instead of Bennett gets out of the convention next year with over 60% and I don't want that person to loose to a democrat in the fall.

If the republicans stand firm on really basic values, they win.

I love it when people get on here and say so and so never writes back. I find that ridiculous and highly unlikely. The only reason Bennett or any other official wouldn't write back is if you don't provide an address (seems like a no brainer but believe me, I was an intern, it happens), the person sends 5 or 6 letters a week and it becomes impossible to respond, the letters don't comment on an issue they are just ramblings or rantings, or they send it to the wrong person (i.e. a state issue to the federal government).

I have written Senator Bennett as well as other leaders from Utah and all have responded.

Yes, look at Bennetts voting record, look at legislation sponsored and passed. You will find both lacking. Bennett hasn't made any noise in the Senate until two weeks ago when he "opposed" that guy's nomination for the second seat at the Interior Department. Now, the guy's nomination passes and Bennett is laying low saying that the guy addressed his concerns. The only reason Bennett even comes out from under his rock is that he is up for re-election. My recommendation is to vote ABB (Anybody but Bennett).

I would never vote for Bennet because of his efforts to kill Amtrak, does anyone remember? He tried to cancel the California Zephre, and why? because Bennet is Mormon and thinks that Mormons don't need to take Amtrak; he is a pretty poor example for a Mormon. I suggest that the Church call on a Mission, and get him out of the US Senate.

What ever happened to Senator Bennett's "investigation" into the Utah inaugural attendees who were shuffled off into an underground tunnel? Amazing how he was so quick to step up to the need for an "investigation" at the time, but then nothing happened. So typical of Bennett.

I seem to remember it was the same Senator Bennett who warned of the sky falling with the Y2K bug. Again, nothing happened. I detect a pattern here.

So, staffers who are so quick to respond to these negative comments about the Senator, please step up and defend him.

I would be ever so grateful if someone from his office, ANYONE, would please explain his votes on TARP, then the subsequent votes, earmarks, and no votes on the stimulae bills.

I can't detect a dime's worth of difference between Bennett and the liberal elite who are spending this country into oblivion. Even Obama has now admitted "we're out of money."

And this is the kind of business as usual for which Mitt Romney's endorsement has been sought and obtained?

Please, loyal Bennett staffers, step up and defend your man.

He needs to explain his convoluted dysfunctional voting record.

Every dime Bennett spends on TV and radio ads is your dime.

Follow this:

1. Bennett bails out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac with your tax dollars.

2. Bailout Bob's campaign gets large donations (your tax dollars) from Fannie and Freddie (more money than any other Republican.)

3. Senator Bailout uses Fannie and Freddie contributions (your tax dollars) to run his campaign and by TV ads.

Thanks Bob, thanks a lot. My wallet is begging you to keep your promise and only serve only two terms, not four.

I remember a recent Bennett quote at his fundraiser with Romney. He said "This is no time for rookies." Wait a minute. Could a rookie do any worse than Bennett? Doubt it. Rookies unite and put up a candidate. It's way past time for some new blood from Utah in the U.S. Senate. Hatch, you're next.