There are 70 days until the 2012 election and 153 days until the start of the 2013 legislative session.

Utah’s Delegation to the RNC spends Monday participating in a service project after the proceedings are cancelled due to tropical storm Issac [Tribune, Deseret News].

Sen. Orrin Hatch predicts Mitt Romney will prevail in a “meat grinder of an election” [Deseret News].

Mia Love prepares to make her prime-time speech at the Republican National Convention [Tribune, Deseret News, KSL].

Mike Winder offers his latest dispatch from the convention [Utah Policy].

Republican VP pick Paul Ryan is coming back to Utah next month for a high-dollar fundraiser [Tribune].

Utah’s Republican delegation gushes over Mitt Romney and his time in the state heading up the Olympics [Tribune, ABC 4].

Jared Whitley is working in the communications shop at the RNC and gives us a look behind the scenes [Utah Policy].

Josh Romney, who is a delegate from Utah, addresses the rest of the Utah delegation [Tribune].

Republicans are targeting four legislative seats currently held by Democrats [Utah Policy].

The number of Utah students in charter schools is growing [KSL].