Hey dude. Jacob wasn't "my guy". He could have been, but didn't have the brains or the guts to earn that support. Throughout the primary, he ran away from most conservative issues like a scalded cat. Neither he nor his campaign manager had the courage (or probably the conviction) to campaign as a conservative in one of the most conservative districts in America.
So, my advice to Dr. Keyes was to NOT officially endorse the man...which he didn't. (*Honest FReepers can check on my veracity by googling the news articles about Alan's visit to Utah just before the primary...that reporting makes it clear that there was no endorsement.)
Of course, on a personal level, I still wanted Cannon to lose. His crass arrogant advocacy for open borders alone earned him that defeat, completely aside from his personal corruption (a corruption that every conservative I know in Utah and in Washington agrees exists).
Jacob, for all his faults, would have been a step up...heck, the belly of a snake would be a "step up" from Cannon. Oh well...
Hear, hear!