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The shaping of the 2010 elections. - 5/8/2010 9:02:34 PM

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SALT LAKE CITY – Republican Sen. Bob Bennett was thrown out of office Saturday by delegates at the Utah GOP convention in a stunning defeat for a once-popular three-term incumbent who fell victim to a growing conservative movement nationwide.

Bennett's failure to make it into Utah's GOP primary — let alone win his party's nomination — makes him the first congressional incumbent to be ousted this year and demonstrates the challenges candidates face from the right in 2010.

"The political atmosphere obviously has been toxic, and it's very clear that some of the votes that I have cast have added to the toxic environment," Bennett told reporters, choking back tears.

"Looking back on them, with one or two very minor exceptions, I wouldn't have cast any of them any differently, even if I had known at the time they were going to cost me my career."

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Bennett was under fire for voting to bail out Wall Street, co-sponsoring a bipartisan bill mandating health insurance coverage and for aggressively pursuing earmarks. He tried to reassure delegates Saturday, before any voting, that he is a fiscal conservative.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_utah_senate

The GOP is turning on itself, it seems.

In January, then-little-known Republican Scott Brown won the Massachusetts Senate seat long held by the late Edward Kennedy.

But, if i recall correctly, Brown didnt turn out to be the ultra conservative the GOP expected. Im curious to see what other twists and turns this election season will bring.

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RE: The shaping of the 2010 elections. - 5/8/2010 9:22:04 PM

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I never heard of him.

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RE: The shaping of the 2010 elections. - 5/8/2010 10:47:58 PM

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Bennett was under fire for voting to bail out Wall Street, co-sponsoring a bipartisan bill mandating health insurance coverage and for aggressively pursuing earmarks. He tried to reassure delegates Saturday, before any voting, that he is a fiscal conservative.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_utah_senate

The GOP is turning on itself, it seems.

uhh,

How is the Republican Party "turning on itself" by electing a different party representative, when they become unhappy with one they have?

Isn't that what a political party is suppose to do? Be representative of the people who make up the party?

Do party politicians have legal tenure or something? Musta missed that law.

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RE: The shaping of the 2010 elections. - 5/8/2010 11:32:17 PM

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His "career?"
That's not the way to be thinking when you serve at the pleasure of The People.
Good ridance to him.

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RE: The shaping of the 2010 elections. - 5/9/2010 12:33:09 AM

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Chris Cillizza on top 10 intraparty contests - May 7

Below you'll find our rankings of the ten best intraparty fights in the runup to the 2010 election. (Hint: Utah made the Line.) The rankings are based on a race's closeness, the involvement of national parties and committees in it as well as the impact the outcome will have on the overall political landscape.

Agree? Disagree? The comments section awaits.

To the Line!

10. Kentucky Senate (Democratic primary, May 18): ....

http://blog.livableworld.org/story/2010/5/7/134730/1153

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RE: The shaping of the 2010 elections. - 5/9/2010 2:13:35 AM

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quote:

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quote:

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Bennett was under fire for voting to bail out Wall Street, co-sponsoring a bipartisan bill mandating health insurance coverage and for aggressively pursuing earmarks. He tried to reassure delegates Saturday, before any voting, that he is a fiscal conservative.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_utah_senate

The GOP is turning on itself, it seems.

uhh,

How is the Republican Party "turning on itself" by electing a different party representative, when they become unhappy with one they have?

Isn't that what a political party is suppose to do? Be representative of the people who make up the party?

Do party politicians have legal tenure or something? Musta missed that law.

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Republican Utah Sen. Bob Bennett — who polls show to be the underdog against Tea Party-backed challengers — could become the state’s first incumbent senator to lose his party’s nomination since the 1940s at this weekend’s GOP convention. The convention may yield the first high-profile example of outing the insiders.

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Dick Armey’s FreedomWorks — an organization that bills itself as based upon lower taxes, less government and more freedom — endorsed Lee, pointing out Bennett’s “support for the TARP bill, his promotion of health-care legislation that includes an individual mandate, and his many earmarks.”

On Thursday, the group tweeted, “FreedomWorks guys on the ground in Utah this weekend for Mike Lee: ‘We’re going RINO hunting,’” referencing moderates, like Bennett, called “Republicans in Name Only.”

http://dailycaller.com/2010/05/07/republican-sen-bob-bennett-could-be-first-incumbent-in-six-decades-to-lose-partys-nomination/

Unless Sen. Bob Bennett's political fortunes change dramatically in the next two weeks, he could become Utah's first incumbent U.S. senator to lose his party's nomination in seven decades.

The poll found that more than two-thirds (68 percent) of the delegates identify themselves as supporters of the tea-party movement. That doesn't necessarily mean they carry signs at rallies, Coker said, but they support the philosophy.

"What is uniting everyone right now is fiscal conservatism, and I'm not even sure I like the term conservative. It's just responsibility. Just quit spending all the money," said David Kirkham, a co-founder of Utah's tea party movement. "There are a lot of people who are angry. Are we responsible? I'm just glad we can be part of it."

http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_14964318

No one said they could not vote out their own. Just seems odd they would support tea party candidates instead. Should be an interesting election period.

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RE: The shaping of the 2010 elections. - 5/9/2010 5:20:55 AM

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... Just seems odd they would support tea party candidates instead. Should be an interesting election period.

*sighs* There are no "tea party candidates". There is no official "Tea Party".

What there is, are candidates whose philosophies appear to be in general agreement with the Tea Party movement, and thus are approved of by many of the individuals who are supportive of the ideas behind the Tea Party movement.

As the Tea Party movement is conservative in nature, it stands to reason that it would be attractive to more individuals for whom conservatism is embraced... ie, individuals who identify or have identified themselves as Republican. However, the ideas behind the Tea Party movement are also attractive to many individuals who have considered themselves independent, and to some who identify as Democrat but feel disenfranchised by that party.

While there are several different groups of activists who have embraced the ideas behind the Tea Party movement, there is no official Tea Party. There are no registered Tea Partiers. There are no official "Tea Party Candidates".

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RE: The shaping of the 2010 elections. - 5/9/2010 5:43:41 AM

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Yeah, yeah, i know Treasure.

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relax the twist babe. gesh, some people can pick a post to threads. lol as opposed to posting to a thread

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RE: The shaping of the 2010 elections. - 5/9/2010 5:47:25 AM

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I think it is wishful thinking for most people. The left is dreaming of holding the majority and the right is dreaming about giving them the boot.

Not sure what the fuss is all about, it's not like the democrats do anything with it anyway. They have had a majority for quite a while, but spend more time bitching about the right, than actually accomplishing anything.

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RE: The shaping of the 2010 elections. - 5/9/2010 5:50:10 AM

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Amen!

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RE: The shaping of the 2010 elections. - 5/9/2010 5:54:35 AM

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Yeah, yeah, i know Treasure.

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relax the twist babe. gesh, some people can pick a post to threads. lol as opposed to posting to a thread

No twist, Taz... not picking anything apart. Just clarifying. You seemed confused...

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... Just seems odd they would support tea party candidates instead. Should be an interesting election period.

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RE: The shaping of the 2010 elections. - 5/9/2010 5:58:57 AM

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Im not confused. I am just waking up... long night at work before posting. But for so long all we have heard on these boards is that in 2010 the GOP will be taking back Congress. And, granted, they just might. But it seems to me the GOP still doesnt know in what direction it wishes to go. What i see in the Utah election is the potentional for a huge shift in ideology and power... and a fissure building within the party itself.

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RE: The shaping of the 2010 elections. - 5/9/2010 6:15:29 AM

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How is the Republican Party "turning on itself" by electing a different party representative, when they become unhappy with one they have?

Possibly by letting the far right control things to the point that they are excluding candidates who can win the general election for ones who may drive away too much of the middle to win.

Just a thought

Because here in FL it is highly likely that Crist will win the general election even though the far right of the party drove him out of the primary.

edited to add

You think they might have learned form the Democrats all of the years they kept putting far left candidates out and losing the general election.

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