I think there are 2.
I went to Utah once about 30 years ago and floated in the salt lake. Does that count? Oh yes and I saw the salt flats in the desert where they race cars. Our A/C went out too while driving and my GF at the time went into a panic and ran out of the car into the desert. But that’s women for you. They vote for a POTUS almost always based on looks and run out into a desert because the A/C in a car breaks down. Oh yes honey, doing that will most certainly help you cool down.
I’m from Utah. Yes, I’d put a sign in my front yard. But I think Hatch will win. The convention voters are more conservative than the primary voters. Primary voters who don’t pay attention will go into the booth and recognize Hatch’s name and his perceived conservatism (which he will press in advertising over and over again until June.
In the caucuses I was very surprised at the support for Hatch. Fully 2/3 of the attendees supported Orrin, and I like to think that my precinct is quite a conservative one.
Do I want Hatch to win? No. Hatch got religion when Bennett lost, and I think he’ll lose it as soon as he gets back to Washington.
What, do I have to speak for all Utahns?
Utah is like many other states. The population across the state is very conservative. Lots of guns, ATV’s and pickup trucks. Hard working people who make good neighbors and want the government to leave them alone.
And then there’s the big liberal city that has a large impact on election day.
Will Hatch go down in the primary? He could. He’s very old and Bob Bennett got chopped 2 years ago. If this is a referendum on incumbents across the country, Hatch is quite vulnerable.
If you try over at DU you might find one named Romney.
http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/profiles?location=92
This is where you’ll find other folks from Utah (Ignore the posts from “seekthetruth”. She posts on everybody’s boards.)
Y’all might try to get a little more friendly, like my FRiends here in North Carolina. We treat our board like an extended party line phone call.
Utah Freepers-here’s the real question: can Mia Love win in the general election?
Utah Freeper here. Despise Hatch something fierce, ever since his comments about being friends with the Democrats in general and Teddy Kennedy in particular. Yes he’s in trouble. Damn shame that most conservatives elected to Washington pull off their masks as they fly over the Mississippi river going there.
He went to B.Y.U. and worked for Bain Consulting is all I know about him but I don’t live in Utah though.