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Family Values, Newt Gingrich Style

January 23, 2012 by

For those media types who still want to jettison a closed primary and open a primary to anyone, let me present Exhibit A for why open primaries give bad results:

Newt Gingrich. He’s proof that a body of voters can choose the candidate least in line with his party and with more likelihood of getting in a “snooty” remark about the President than winning a general election.

Besides, how do we respect a man whose definition of “family values” includes trotting out his daughters to hide a lie about his infidelity? [cont…]

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Should Julie Dole resign? [poll] [updated]

January 19, 2012 by

Should Republican Party leadership play favorites with candidates before nomination? Please, weigh in by voting in the poll below.

Julie Dole, Chair of the Salt Lake County Republican Party, is “not thrilled” that Mike Winder is preparing to throw his hat in the race for Salt Lake County mayor against her pick Gary Ott, and she’s letting people know it. [cont…]

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Need a primer in Austrian economics? [video clip]

January 17, 2012 by

You’ve been watching the debates (except for that one at 7 AM on Sunday morning), and you keep hearing references to Austrian economics. They keep mentioning names like Hayek, Friedman, and Mises. What’s with all these German sounding sames, you say. And why is Ron Paul staying up to read an economics textbook while the rest of these bozos are watching college football? [cont…]

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David Clark Announces for 2nd Congressional, & Lowry Snow Replaces Him in the State House. [Press Announcement]

January 12, 2012 by

A friend of mine on the Clark for Congress campaign forwarded to me David Clark’s campaign announcement (at bottom). With Clark’s resignation from the House, delegates have chosen V. Lowry Snow as Clark’s replacement at the Utah House of Representatives. Snow is an attorney and businessman, a founding…[cont].

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Romney wins New Hampshire, demands we offer an “alternative vision.”

January 10, 2012 by

We have to offer an alternative vision,” says Romney upon winning New Hampshire and that alternative is a path to a place “where we are lifted up by our desire to succeed, not dragged down by a resentment of success.” In case anyone is forgetting, this election is about the economy, and Mitt’s proving that people want someone who they trust on the economy. [cont…]

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If you’re gonna insist on voting, you might as well inform yourself.

January 9, 2012 by

If you’re gonna insist on voting, you might as well inform yourself.

And political scientist Adam Brown is here to help. He’s started to compile a database of legislator profiles, as well flashcards.

That’s right. Flashcards. {cont…]

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What You’ll Never See if You Live in Utah: A Presidential Candidate

January 6, 2012 by

What will you never see if you’re a voter in Utah? You’ll never meet the candidates for President, unless you count emails asking for money or phone calls. If you live in New Hampshire, though, or Iowa, or maybe even South Carolina, you might learn something like this: You learn that Rep. Ron Paul (Tex.) is awful […]

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