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Jacob Concedes [referendum on immigration issue], Cannon Moves on to General Election
KSL TV ^ | 27 June 2006

Posted on 06/27/2006 10:32:40 PM PDT by Spiff

Jacobs Concedes, Cannon Moves on to General Election

June 27th, 2006 @ 11:12pm

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- U.S. Rep. Chris Cannon, challenged by a political newcomer who accused the five-term incumbent of being soft on illegal immigration, was leading in Utah's Republican primary Tuesday with more than half of precincts reporting.

Cannon led John Jacob 58 percent to 42 percent, or 19,575 votes to 14,395 votes, with 313 of 623 precincts reporting. That includes 100 percent of returns from Juab, Beaver and Millard counties.

The 3rd Congressional District race focused primarily on who stands taller in opposition to Bush's call for a path to citizenship for some 11 million illegal immigrants.

Cannon voted last December for a House bill that would toughen border security, criminalize people who help illegal immigrants and make being in the U.S. without the required papers a felony. But he also supports Bush's proposal for a guest-worker program and says "there's massive room for negotiation."

Cannon's willingness to compromise made him a target of Team America, a conservative group that calls illegal immigration the most critical problem facing the nation. It spent $40,000 on radio ads criticizing him.

Jacob, a millionaire real-estate developer, favors returning illegal immigrants to their home countries before giving them a shot at U.S. citizenship and punishing businesses for hiring them.

At the state Republican convention last month, Jacob captured 52 percent of the delegate votes while Cannon got 48 percent. Sixty percent was needed to avoid Tuesday's primary.

The winner will face Democrat Christian Burridge, among others, in November in a district that anyone but a Republican has little chance of winning. Bush carried the 3rd District with 77 percent of the vote in 2004.

The sprawling district, which stretches south from Salt Lake County and west to Nevada, is heavily Mormon and predominantly white. Hispanics make up about 10 percent of the population; blacks less than 1 percent.

In 1996, Cannon won the seat, in part by arguing that the Democratic incumbent, U.S. Rep. Bill Orton, was soft on immigration. In 2004, Cannon's actions on the issue prompted conservatives to back Matt Throckmorton, who managed 42 percent in his GOP primary loss.

(Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: Utah
KEYWORDS: 109th; 2006; aliens; baybuchanan; buildthewall; cannon; chriscannon; election2006; electioncongress; getcannonnexttime; gopprimary; illegals; immigrantlist; jacob; libertarianlosers; loonshappy; satan; sorelosers; tancredo
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To: CWOJackson

I wont arugue with a person like you. Its useless and a waste of my time.


41 posted on 06/27/2006 11:06:22 PM PDT by garbageseeker (Gentleman, you can't fight in here, this is the War Room - Dr. Strangelove)
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To: garbageseeker

Yes, but some good causes don't win. The fact that seemingly hopeless causes have occasionally triumphed doesn't prove anything. There are powerful reasons for thinking our society is no longer capable of controlling immigration. I say our society, not just our politicians. If it were just the politicians and not just us, they might eventually go along with us -- probably would. But the problem is us, too. Most of us don't have the guts to work hard for a serious crackdown. I'll believe we're losing battles but winning the war when we actually win a few real battles. Hell, a few big demonstrations against illegals would do. But I'm not holding my breath.

I suspect you're whistling past the graveyard. I would love to be proven wrong.


42 posted on 06/27/2006 11:06:32 PM PDT by California Patriot ("That's not Charlie the Tuna out there. It's Jaws." -- Richard Nixon)
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To: garbageseeker
"Its useless and a waste of my time."

Kind of like the whole campaign in Utah.

43 posted on 06/27/2006 11:08:03 PM PDT by CWOJackson
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To: drubyfive

People say they want to crack down on immigration. Yet in one of the most conservative districts in the country, they renominate an open-borders guy. This year and two years ago. Not impressive. If we cannot defend this country's borders -- its very integrity as a society -- by means of the democratic process, the democratic process has failed us.


44 posted on 06/27/2006 11:08:36 PM PDT by California Patriot ("That's not Charlie the Tuna out there. It's Jaws." -- Richard Nixon)
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To: Spiff

I think we'd better all quit paying attention to politics now, just stay home from the polls. Jacobs had a Clayton Williams moment, and enough other background issues came out for him to have effectively pissed away the primary, but hey, it must be that Utah thought exactly the way Cannon thinks on immigration...er, thinks on it THIS week, as opposed to last week, or the week before that. No way could this loss have ANYTHING to do with the candidate's mistakes being trumpeted all over the place, especially in the last week. Cannon spent half again as much plus some as Jacobs did, and Cannon raised far more money from his politico and PAC buddies--but Jacob's $40,000 worth of support from Team America was obviously WAY more important in this race. It MUST be that Jacob's policy arguments were shown to be unappealing, too. Yep, just stop bothering, because the FROBL says this 42/58 vote for Cannon, who on the subject of immigration lied, turned tail, hid, and even put on his web site a banner blaring 'stop illegal immigration,' well, that 42/58 vote is a message on how HIS view of stopping illegal immigration is the one Americans favor.

/blistering sarcasm


45 posted on 06/27/2006 11:09:02 PM PDT by LibertarianInExile ('Is' and 'amnesty' both have clear, plain meanings. Are Billy Jeff, Pence, McQueeg & Bush related?)
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To: garbageseeker

Being stupid is genetic, being ignorant is inexcusable. Because the illegal immigration issue is all that you eat and breath does NOT equate to illegal immigration is all that this country lives and breaths. There are a hundred other issues that are more important to the well being of this country.


46 posted on 06/27/2006 11:09:03 PM PDT by Texasforever (I have neither been there nor done that.)
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To: California Patriot
Yes, but some good causes don't win. The fact that seemingly hopeless causes have occasionally triumphed doesn't prove anything. There are powerful reasons for thinking our society is no longer capable of controlling immigration. I say our society, not just our politicians. If it were just the politicians and not just us, they might eventually go along with us

I do not believe in cutting and running. We must fight until the last man. Emiliano Zapada once said "Its better to live on your feet than to die on your knees:.
47 posted on 06/27/2006 11:09:54 PM PDT by garbageseeker (Gentleman, you can't fight in here, this is the War Room - Dr. Strangelove)
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To: CWOJackson
LOL.

I want to know when they decided that Billbray was one of theirs. Am I remembering that wrong??

BTW, I hate this us and them stuff, so I really should stop using it. I think Illegal immigration is a problem that needs to be tackled. It's the hysterical short sighted tactics that I disagree with.

48 posted on 06/27/2006 11:10:29 PM PDT by pollyannaish
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To: pollyannaish

It is an issue that needs to be addressed. Fortunately there are fine people like Mike Pence who are addressing it.


49 posted on 06/27/2006 11:12:15 PM PDT by CWOJackson
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To: pollyannaish

And by the way...it's not you or people like you who have made this an "us" verses "them" issue.


50 posted on 06/27/2006 11:12:50 PM PDT by CWOJackson
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To: garbageseeker

The American Revolution would have lost but for aid from France and Holland. Yes, we put up an impressive fight, maintained or restored morale under very tough conditions, and that was necessary. But far from sufficient. The Civil War example doesn't work either. The North had worse military leadership for a long time. But it was able to change that. Once it did, its superior resources combined with good leadership to win. With inferior resources, the North probably would not have won. At best, it would have had to let the South alone.

What is your plausible story line for a turnaround on immigration? What factors that block immigration reform are going to change, and how and why? I don't see the way out of this, realistically.


51 posted on 06/27/2006 11:13:24 PM PDT by California Patriot ("That's not Charlie the Tuna out there. It's Jaws." -- Richard Nixon)
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To: Texasforever
Being stupid is genetic, being ignorant is inexcusable. Because the illegal immigration issue is all that you eat and breath does NOT equate to illegal immigration is all that this country lives and breaths. There are a hundred other issues that are more important to the well being of this country.

Because illegal immigration affects every man, woman and child in this country in one way or another. Whether its schooling, health care,and a host of other issues. Illigal immigration is killing our country. If you dont think so you adopt an ilegal immigrant ant pay for him. Becuase as a taxpayer, I will not pay for illegals.
52 posted on 06/27/2006 11:13:53 PM PDT by garbageseeker (Gentleman, you can't fight in here, this is the War Room - Dr. Strangelove)
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To: CWOJackson

That's my perception as well. But I don't have to feed it.


53 posted on 06/27/2006 11:14:12 PM PDT by pollyannaish
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To: CWOJackson
It is an issue that needs to be addressed. Fortunately there are fine people like Mike Pence who are addressing it.

Yep another "RINO" Tancredo has stabbed in the back. Tancredo is going to find the House a very chilly place.

54 posted on 06/27/2006 11:14:49 PM PDT by Texasforever (I have neither been there nor done that.)
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To: garbageseeker
"If you dont think so you adopt an ilegal immigrant ant pay for him."

Pssssssst. That's kind of what Jacobs ended up admitting he did.

55 posted on 06/27/2006 11:15:36 PM PDT by CWOJackson
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To: garbageseeker
Because illegal immigration affects every man, woman and child in this country in one way or another.

LOL. Keep wallowing in your ignorance.

56 posted on 06/27/2006 11:15:44 PM PDT by Texasforever (I have neither been there nor done that.)
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To: CWOJackson

You are correct, sir.

And "Garbage Seeker" should rename himself "Fantasy Seeker."


57 posted on 06/27/2006 11:16:00 PM PDT by California Patriot ("That's not Charlie the Tuna out there. It's Jaws." -- Richard Nixon)
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To: garbageseeker

I've seen that line of reasoning trumpeted over and over and over.

It's finally dawned on me...can you name a SINGLE issue where that reasoning does not apply?

ALL thinks affect every man, woman and child in this country. From the deficit to SS to Immigration, to the WOD to the WOT to Abortion.

It's completely and utterly useless way to prove the superior importance of illegal immigration.


58 posted on 06/27/2006 11:17:04 PM PDT by pollyannaish
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To: pollyannaish

Oops. Thinks=things.


59 posted on 06/27/2006 11:18:28 PM PDT by pollyannaish
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To: pollyannaish
That's always the mistake single issue voters make and that is why single issue candidates ALWAYS lose. There are hundreds of political issues that effect all of us and it the aggregate of those issues that normal voters for for or against.
60 posted on 06/27/2006 11:19:31 PM PDT by Texasforever (I have neither been there nor done that.)
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