“It’s not the campaign. This is Rick Santorum. I think everybody knows that nobody puts words into my mouth. The words out of my mouth were that, uh, if you want a conservative as the nominee of this party you must vote for Mitt Romney.” Rick Santorum, 2008.
Archives for March 2012
If gray hairs say anything about Hatch’s support…
March 16, 2012 by
…then tonight might have been his, at least in my precinct. At triple the turn out from two years ago, our caucus was hot, full, and gray. Gray haired, that is. Of the thirty-seven people who showed, over twenty were well into their Social Security years. [cont…]
Predictions for Tonight?
March 15, 2012 by
What’s your prediction for your caucus meeting tonight? Are you running for county or state delegate? Caucus leadership?
Do you expect a high turnout? Will high turnout benefit candidates? Will naysayers change their minds about the caucus system if turnout is high?
Do you think that Senator Hatch or his challengers will be able to stack the caucus?
Do you think it’ll be like 2010? or something entirely different?
What do you think will happen?
Are Candidates Subverting Caucus Night?
March 14, 2012 by
If you’ve ever been a state delegate, or might again be a state delegate, you’ve been flooded in recent days by a veritable forest worth of glossy mailers.
It must be getting close to Utah’s caucus night. From the number of mailers arriving each day, you would think that the election was next week, instead of in the latter half of April. In fact, it’s only the selection of delegates that is this week, and there are those out here that question whether trying to stack the caucuses so much is really very good for our system.
Enter pundit Ethan Millard. [cont…]
Utah’s March 15 Caucus: To go, or not to go…
March 12, 2012 by
Today, with the Utah caucus finally within site (it’s on Thursday at 7 PM if you’re Republican, Tuesday if you’re a Democrat…find out where to attend here), many are still questioning whether we should even have a caucus.
Why not just hold a primary? Why do we have to sit in a room with our neighbors and elect someone else to be our delegate? It would be easier to just hold a primary. [cont…]
Is your desk job killing you? [infographic]
March 5, 2012 by
Over 80% of Americans work in jobs that require little to no physical activity, and the effects are starting to show. From a growing trend in obesity to unprecedented stress levels to a growth in heart disease, the question arises: is work killing you?
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