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News Highlights Sen. Orrin Hatch urges caution about jumping to conclusions about the New York Times' domestic wiretapping story (Salt Lake Tribune), but the Deseret Morning News editorializes against it. Sen. Scott McCoy wants details on how much potential revenue the state is losing with every tax exemption it provides (Morning News). SLC Councilman Dale Lambert reviews term as he leaves council (Tribune). |
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Quote of the Day "The story goes that Mormons had beets. Brigham Young said, 'Let's not let these go to rot.' So they got a still and turned it into rum." -- David Perkins, citing historical precedent in his dream to distill fine spirits in the Rocky Mountains. He was selected by the Park City Council to buy and renovate historic property where he will make whiskey and celebrate its history in a museum (Tribune). |
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The Week Ahead Congressional Race Watch In the 3rd District, businessman John Jacob is seeking the GOP nomination against Cannon and State Sen. Curt Bramble is also considering the race. I think Bramble will run, but others say he won’t, and he says he may not announce his plans until March, when the legislative session ends. If Bramble and Wright wait much longer to make their decisions and start raising money, they will put themselves at a significant disadvantage. Christensen and Jacob are both wealthy businessmen who can put substantial amounts of personal money into their campaigns. Without personal money, congressional campaigns are hard to finance because money has to be raised in small amounts. Christensen and Jacob will both aggressively campaign over the next few months, developing relationships with opinion leaders and potential delegates, and putting in place grassroots organizations. If Bramble and Wright don’t start until much later, and then they don’t have substantial money to drop into the campaign, they will start in a deep hole. In the last cycle, John Swallow raised money continuously after his 2002 loss and had a nice chunk in the bank by this time. It’s the same problem faced by former Gov. Olene Walker in 2004. Despite enormous personal popularity and all the advantages of incumbency, when she started her campaign in March after the session ended, she was so far behind in building a campaign organization and raising money that she couldn’t recover. The problem for late starters is that the official candidate filing period runs from March 7 to 17, and the party caucuses follow a few days later on Tuesday, March 21. County conventions follow almost immediately. Candidates who haven’t spent months preparing for these events, which come at a fast and furious pace, are usually left behind. New JibJab Release Local Beat Greens Praise Utah Delegation Ashdown: No to H.R. 4194 Washington Watch Matheson: Strengthen Pension Plans Hatch: Senate Sends Bad Signal McConnell For Majority Leader Reid Proves His Mettle Blog Watch |
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