Yeah the legislature might appoint a sleazebag but the proposed amendment gives the People of Utah an opportunity to recall him. The moral is you can’t know what you’re hiring until you see how they perform. And if they perform poorly, then you fire them.
So Utahans ‘hired’ this guy with their vote, but now they can’t get rid of him because there is no recall in the US Constitution.
So Romney stays in power and his money network makes sure his dem opponent won’t have a chance, so he will stay in power.
But if there was a provision for recall, then these stories of scuzzy politicians getting into office and staying in office would be a thing of the past.
IF this prick runs for reelection in 2024 (long time), we must make sure he loses the primary (or ideally doesn’t even make the primary, like Bob Bennett, who would have been reelected by the legislature) simple as that. But he’ll be pushing 80 so he might not even run.
As for recall, I get the sentiment but do we want constant recall elections? They would be used against our good Senators too.
Governor recall provisions in some states have got us what? Arnold? Barf.
We have fixed terms in this country, he won a a 6 year term and we didn’t do enough to stop him and we have to live with that. There is no excuse, all the signs where there that he was a prick that should not be a Republican nominee for anything.