Going into the Utah Republican convention of Saturday, Romney had already qualified for the GOP primary ballot through signatures, Most political insiders were positive he would get the 60% needed to avoid a primary. Not quite. He didn't even come in first!
Kathie AllenNo, that's not a scenario from The Onion; but from the Salt Lake Tribune. "Imagine," wrote Lee Davidson, "this year’s ballot with no Utah candidates listed as Republicans.
Not all Utah Republicans are happy Mitt is taking over the partyYes, the Democratic Party is a mess. But, luckily for the career politicians who think they own it, so is the Republican Party-- even in a deep red state like Utah. They hated Trump in Utah, but Hillary only won 27.5% of the vote. The statewide PVI is R+20, same as Oklahoma. Only Wyoming is worse.
Cloned canines, closed churches and Cosby's daughter + this day in history w/the raid of Steve Jackson Games and our song of the day w/Judas Priest on your Morning Monarchy for March 1, 2018.
Perhaps you remember that last year Kathie Allen was one of the first Democrats after Trump was installed who took on the difficult task of running in a special election in a red, red district, in her case Utah's 3rd Congressional District, the seat that Jason Chaffetz was abandoning. The district is 90.5% white, 10.2% Latino and just 0.6% Black.
Although Bannon is apparently sidelined from electoral politics and Miss McConnell and the Senate Republicans are trying to persuade Señor Trumpanzee to kiss and make up with Romney [Update: it worked, at least
Tide pods, Coke worms and shots of Patrón + this day in history w/Ted Bundy's execution and our song of the day by Calexico on your Morning Monarchy for January 24, 2018.
House of horrors, gymnast abuse and confessions of a gaslighter + this day in history w/'Blood Simple' and our song of the day by Superchunk on your Morning Monarchy for January 18, 2018.
After the odious Debbie Wasserman Schultz chaired the DCCC's Red-to-Blue program in 2008-- while endorsing 3 Republicans in seats neighboring on her own-- the program lost all credibility and the name faded.
As far as Orrin Hatch goes-- good riddance to a rotten and Trumpified piece of crap. As far as Romney… any enemy of Trump’s… Look, a Bernie Sanders clone we were never going to get in Utah.
