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To: Bikers4Bush
Just curious, how is it a "thrashing" when Cannon didn't get the support of his own state party forcing him into a runoff with a political novice, he had to call on everyone (including the president and first lady) just to hang onto a seat he has held for 5 terms and he only got 55.8% of the vote in the primary?

Uh 56-44 is not "just hanging on" it's considered a mild landslide.

It seems the voters like Cannon much better than the one issue zealots who inundated the GOP convention.

Also Jacob spent 6 times the amount of money than Cannon's 2004 opponent and that got him a whopping 2% bump.

And finally turnout was poor(7% in Salt Lake County) despite all the local and national publciity on how this was a referendum for immigration, few Utahan voters came out, basically saying that voters in one of the most conservative districts in the country really don't have immigration high on their political radar.

134 posted on 06/28/2006 5:20:08 AM PDT by Dane ("Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall" Ronald Reagan, 1987)
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To: Dane
Claim what you'd like Dane, the rest of us recognize the truth.

We will continue to target your beloved open border candidates, and we will do it with even more ferocity in the future.

Stock up on your supplies and dig in, your candidates will be under siege from now on.
136 posted on 06/28/2006 5:25:33 AM PDT by Bikers4Bush (Flood waters rising, heading for more conservative ground. Vote for true conservatives!)
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