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Republican Sen. Bob Bennett was thrown out of office Saturday by delegates at the Utah GOP convention in what represents 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 difficult challenges candidates are facing from the right in 2010.
Yep, another one bites the dust. This thread will surely be ignored by the GOP faithful as they would much rather remain in denial of the iminent demise of their party.
Yep, another one bites the dust. This thread will surely be ignored by the GOP faithful as they would much rather remain in denial of the iminent demise of their party.
I don't think they're in denial. I think they believe that the purges and purity tests are actually good for the party.
What a shocker, we read about this in our local paper this morning. I think the upcoming election is going to be as interesting as we have seen in many years. His being ousted had to do with TARP as mentioned plus remember Utah is probably the most conservative state in the union. Only Idaho comes close in my view.
Yep, another one bites the dust. This thread will surely be ignored by the GOP faithful as they would much rather remain in denial of the iminent demise of their party.
what the ? are you talking about? Why would the Republicans ignore this positng? I don't think it was started to blast anyone or anything, just a fact and an interesting news story...
Just because this happened certainly isn't the end or the beginning of anything.
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It's tempting to see Bennett's loss as a sign of the GOP's demise and/or an exercise in "purging", but mostly it seems to be due to the quirky way that Utah's GOP chooses its candidates, which is disproportionately controlled by the most extreme & ideologically-driven in the party.
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