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Meet the 'plain old guy' who could end Mitt Romney's political career
The Washington Examiner ^ | 6-13-2018 | Daniel Allott

Posted on 06/18/2018 8:59:49 PM PDT by Impy

SALT LAKE CITY — The way Mike Kennedy sees it, he’s “just a plain old guy.” He’s no Mitt Romney, the millionaire Republican elder statesman and Kennedy’s opponent for the party’s nomination for Utah’s soon-to-be-open Senate seat. And he’s certainly no Ted Kennedy, the late liberal senator with whom he shares a surname but not a bloodline.

Nope. Mike Kennedy’s “just a plain old guy” who “comes from dirt.”

Mike Kennedy is not really plain or old. He’s a physician, and a lawyer, and a three-term state legislator, a husband and father of eight children. He’s a practicing member of the Mormon LDS Church and an Eagle Scout. And he’s 20 years younger than his opponent.

But you get the idea, and Kennedy is hoping Utah Republicans do, too. He’s not a descendant of a famous political family. He’s not part of the loathed establishment. He’s not “one of the privileged elite” or “just an image on a screen,” he says.

And perhaps most importantly to Utah Republicans, Kennedy’s not going to be a constant thorn in the side of his party’s president. “I stand with President Trump,” he says. “I’m deeply supportive of what he’s done. When I disagree with someone, I don’t need to go give a speech at a university.”


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Utah
KEYWORDS: election; mikekennedy; mittromney; nomyth; romney; senate; senate2018; stopromney; utah
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To: Nateman

thanks!


21 posted on 06/18/2018 11:49:47 PM PDT by txnativegop (The political left, Mankinds intellectual hemlock)
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To: Impy

I didn’t know Trump endorsed Romney. He must have before the caucas. Trump must have thought that there was nothing to lose by endorsing the backstabber.I would rather endorse a maggot than that Romney prick.


22 posted on 06/19/2018 1:39:22 AM PDT by HighSierra5
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To: hal ogen

Mitt Romney has a commanding lead over State Rep. Mike Kennedy among likely Republican primary voters according to a new UtahPolicy.com survey. (Who knows if it’s real)http://utahpolicy.com/index.php/features/today-at-utah-policy/16784-poll-romney-leads-kennedy-by-big-margin-in-u-s-senate-primary-race


23 posted on 06/19/2018 2:09:38 AM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
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END MITT!

I don't want to see his 2face stinking a$$ in Congress!

24 posted on 06/19/2018 2:17:34 AM PDT by KavMan
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To: outofsalt

So sad that a part-time, resident can have that much of a lead over someone from the State. Not that residency is a major factor, the issues are, but it would seem that Kennedy is clearly wants to part of the Trump Team, whereas Romney only wants to be on it long enough to win. Then he’ll become another McCain, Flake, Graham, Corker, Barasso, Ernst, Sasse, Issacson, Gardner, Tillis, Rubio, Thune, McConnell, Cornyn, etc etc etc.

Romney will say all the right things to get the votes and then be as anti-Trump as any of them. Amazing that people cannot see that.


25 posted on 06/19/2018 3:41:36 AM PDT by qaz123
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To: outofsalt

Real?

Survey by Dan Jones & Associates. Conducted May 15-25, 2018. 295 likely Republican primary voters. Margin of error +/-5.7%

Snort.

:-)


26 posted on 06/19/2018 3:44:25 AM PDT by mewzilla (Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
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To: Nateman
Doctor first, lawyer second

He could make a pretty good living suing himself...

27 posted on 06/19/2018 3:59:53 AM PDT by Moltke (Reasoning with a liberal is like watering a rock in the hope to grow a building.)
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To: Impy

Go Kennedy...beat Romney...


28 posted on 06/19/2018 4:13:22 AM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
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