'scorpio0679' Diary:
"For those who have written-off the TEA party as having lost influence or worse yet, dead, will have their first real test coming up in a few weeks. Not long ago, Orrin Hatch, the long-time senator from Utah, was narrowly prevented from walking away with the GOP nomination when the TEA party prevented him from achieving 60 percent of the vote at the state’s nominating convention. He will now face challenger Dan Liljenquist in a primary election this June. Orrin Hatch is a long-time Washington insider with moderate tendencies who once stated that he wished to punch conservative activists in the mouth and that the TEA party was filled with radical libertarians.
Similarly, Dick Lugar, the 36-year incumbent senator from Indiana, has been in the TEA party’s cross-hairs for a long time. After a conference of 70 TEA party groups declared their unanimous opposition to his re-nomination, conservative Richard Mourdock declared his candidacy to take him on. The most recent indicators suggest that Lugar is at serious risk of losing in the May 8 primary. The Washington Post reports that some Lugar supporters may be bailing on him in the homestretch. Remember that Lugar is the guy that takes money from George Soros, refused to sign a letter supporting the lawsuit against Obamacare, voted to confirm both Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor, and has a horrible record on gun rights.
Taking on and defeating entrenched incumbents is nothing new to the TEA party. If, as some claim, the TEA party’s day has come and gone, well-funded establishment moderates like Sens. Lugar and Hatch should easily dispatch their insurgent opponents. On the other hand, if the coming electoral season will be another TEA party bloodbath (ala Fall 2010), these two primaries may well be the warning bells....."
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Showing posts with label senate races 2012. Show all posts
Showing posts with label senate races 2012. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
SandBox Utah: Salt Lake Tribune "Hatch, Liljenquist disagree on protection of rights "
Mark Havnes:
"Sen. Orrin Hatch faced his top two Republican opponents in a debate here Monday night.
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
"Sen. Orrin Hatch faced his top two Republican opponents in a debate here Monday night.
Hatch, former state Rep. Chris Herrod and former state Sen. Dan Liljenquist took questions for more than an hour from members of Washington County Republican Women, which sponsored the debate at Dixie State College....." (Read more? Click title)
Monday, April 16, 2012
SandBox Utah The Republic "Some Utah lawmakers win free rides to general election, while others face primary races"
via The Republic:
"Under Utah's unique nominating process, sitting officeholders can be removed from office by being denied their party's nomination at a county or state convention. The top two vote-getters at the convention proceed to the primary. But if a candidate garners 60 percent of delegate votes, he or she is declared the nominee and heads directly to the general election...." (Read more? Click title)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
"Under Utah's unique nominating process, sitting officeholders can be removed from office by being denied their party's nomination at a county or state convention. The top two vote-getters at the convention proceed to the primary. But if a candidate garners 60 percent of delegate votes, he or she is declared the nominee and heads directly to the general election...." (Read more? Click title)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
Sunday, April 15, 2012
SandBox Utah: Davis Clipper "Hatch and the offensive scale"
Bryan Gray:
"It’s easy to offend people. As local author Terry Tempest Williams said, “Every time you pick up your pencil, you betray someone.”
And it is even easier to ruffle feathers as a politician. Humorist Jimmy Fallon noted last week, “Mitt Romney went three for three by winning primaries in Maryland, Wisconsin, and Washington D.C. Not to be outdone, Rick Santorum went three for three by offending women, atheists, and Latinos.”
Orrin Hatch’s re-election bid can be seen similarly. In office since Methuselah was a tyke, Hatch has had a long period and thousands of speeches in which to offend someone.
This year his main opponent is Bountiful business owner, Dan Liljenquist, unknown to most of the state. That’s an advantage for Liljenquist since we cannot be offended by someone we’ve never heard of.
Forget all the campaign talk about experience and super PACs and Liljenquist’s work on state benefit issues. The key to this election, according to an extensive Cyclops poll, is the “Offensive Scale.”...."
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"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
"It’s easy to offend people. As local author Terry Tempest Williams said, “Every time you pick up your pencil, you betray someone.”
And it is even easier to ruffle feathers as a politician. Humorist Jimmy Fallon noted last week, “Mitt Romney went three for three by winning primaries in Maryland, Wisconsin, and Washington D.C. Not to be outdone, Rick Santorum went three for three by offending women, atheists, and Latinos.”
Orrin Hatch’s re-election bid can be seen similarly. In office since Methuselah was a tyke, Hatch has had a long period and thousands of speeches in which to offend someone.
This year his main opponent is Bountiful business owner, Dan Liljenquist, unknown to most of the state. That’s an advantage for Liljenquist since we cannot be offended by someone we’ve never heard of.
Forget all the campaign talk about experience and super PACs and Liljenquist’s work on state benefit issues. The key to this election, according to an extensive Cyclops poll, is the “Offensive Scale.”...."
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"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
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