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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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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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The Patrick Henry Caucus getting some love from GOP voters?

December 27, 2011 by

Rep. Stephen Sandstrom (left) & Rep. Carl Wimmer (right). (Photo KSL.com) The Deseret News put a poll out this last weekend. It shows, among other things, that if the election for the 4th Congressional District were held today, Matheson would probably win. Meh. This same polling company also put Philpot at 26 points behind Matheson back […]

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Every time Gingrich calls himself a conservative, an angel loses its wings.

December 22, 2011 by

Ok, maybe not an angel. But I am sure that Ronald Reagan is rolling over in his grave. This one’s for you, Marco. Today’s witness to the lack of conservatism in Newt Gingrich is George Will who, frankly, says things better than I do, including when he calls Newt the “anti-conservative”: When discussing his amazingness, […]

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Why hope for a one-term Obama Presidency relies on this question: can Mitt still beat Newt?

December 15, 2011 by

Recently, I’ve been getting calls, texts and emails from my less politically involved friends and family, and they all seem to be asking one question: Is there any hope for Mitt? Or can we expect four more years of Obama after Newt Gingrich gets trounced in the fall? The messages come to me from Texas, […]

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