[Updated 4:55 PM 12-11-2013: Added letter from Ward dropping out of the race (embedded below).] [Updated 1:40 PM 12-10-2013: Added letter from Ward to GOP SCC regarding Swallow relationship (see below).] [Updated 10:00 AM 12-10-2013: Added statement from Steve Urquhart at Ward’s request (see below).] [Updated 3:30 PM 12-5-2013: Inserted updated comments by Steve Urquhart regarding Ward’s connections […]
Candidates for Utah’s AG: Bret Rawson
November 29, 2013 by
[UPDATED: added information on Rawson’s family, interests, and employment with Bountiful police.] Bret Rawson is one of the candidates for appointment by Governor Gary Herbert to replace Utah Attorney General John Swallow, who resigns December 3. This is the second of a series of brief profiles on the individuals who are known to be considering running for the AG […]
Senator Lee Proposes Interesting Ideas, But He Needs to Find Common Ground
November 3, 2013 by
Senator Mike Lee‘s proposed legislation aimed at redefining the conservative movement is full of good ideas. However, as long as the legislation requires repeal of Obamacare–and until Congress is held by veto-proof majorities of Republicans–the bills could be dead on arrival. Lee needs a path that both finds common ground with opponents and moves his […]
Courage shown in speaking up against John Swallow [KSL]
May 14, 2013 by
The following is an op-ed piece that I wrote for KSL as posted this afternoon. SALT LAKE CITY — I’m sure there was a moment when Traci Gundersen wondered if making a bar complaint against Utah Attorney General John Swallow was a wise step for her career. As far as I can tell, she’s […]
Tact: a lesson in politics from Mike Mower
April 23, 2013 by
Tonight, I caught up with Utah Governor Gary Herbert’s chief of staff, Mike Mower, at a Salt Lake County Young Republican meeting. Mower had a few simple pieces of advice that I thought were interesting. Rather than push conservative talking points or take the opportunity to push the Governor’s agenda (ok, other than a plug […]
G is for “greatest British peacetime prime minister”
April 8, 2013 by
Unless you’ve been under a rock today, you’ve heard the news that Margaret Thatcher, former British Prime Minister, has died. She was eulogized by current U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron as “the greatest British peacetime prime minister.” Rest in peace, Margaret Thatcher. Since I’m no expert on Britain’s “Iron Lady,” here’s a few hits from […]
For Lincoln’s birthday, a book recommendation: Crisis of the House Divided by Harry Jaffa
February 12, 2013 by
Today is Lincoln’s birthday. Might I suggest a book on the man who may have been our greatest president? It might be said of Abraham Lincoln, born on this day in 1809, that if he had not existed, we would have needed to invent him. With very rare exception, no person in American political history […]
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