By Brigham Tomco Brigham L. Tomco is a staff writer on the politics team covering Utah’s congressional delegation, governor and state legislature. The campaign event at Riverton High School Thursday night had all the trappings of a Donald Trump rally minus the man himself. A crowd, several hundred strong, speckled with several dozen MAGA-red ball caps, clapped and cheered for U.S. Senate candidate Trent Staggs as he took the stage alongside the self-described “Trumpiest Congressman,”…
Biden’s State of the Union; a Reset for Voters?
Only in Fairy Tales, Twitter Bots and MSNBC BREAKING BATTLEGROUNDS By Chuck Warren Axios reported this past week about the “Biden Reset.” In it, they wrote that “Biden officials see next month’s State of the Union address as a big, public reset moment — a chance to overcome or at least neutralize concerns about President Biden’s age and vitality.” Furthermore, “Many top Democrats are convinced that if the election were today, Biden would lose a rematch with former President Trump.…
Here’s Why There Won’t Be Any More Mitt Romneys
“If Romney cares about leaving a lasting legacy, he would have prioritized identifying, training, promoting, and otherwise grooming a group of young, like-minded conservatives in Utah who share his values and philosophy. In other words, he should have built a machine. This necessarily requires being involved in the state and local Republican parties, which control money, ballot access, registration of voters, etc. His political aides could have managed it and made this project a priority…
GOP fears Kari Lake bid could cost them Arizona Senate race
BY CAROLINE VAKIL – 06/20/23 Republicans are facing a dwindling number of alternatives to mount a challenge to Kari Lake in the Arizona Senate primary, raising concerns for the party over what should be a prime pickup opportunity next year. Lake, who narrowly lost her gubernatorial election to Gov. Katie Hobbs (D) last November, is weighing a potential Senate run for Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s (I) seat. Rep. Ruben Gallego (D) has already thrown his hat in the ring, while Sinema has…
Read Wide and Far
Source: By Chuck Warren Sunday has become a more treasured day as Father Time follows me more than he did decades ago. It is a day for me to attend church, commune with the Divine, and handwrite personal correspondence to friends, family, and associates. It offers a brief respite from the week, allowing me to walk in nature and catch up on articles that are not necessarily current events or headline news – today’s national…
What Arizona’s primaries will tell us about the GOP divide
The proxy battle between President Trump and establishment Republican figures will come to a head in Tuesday’s Arizona primaries, providing an indication of the direction the GOP might take going forward. The two wings of the Republican Party have provided contrasting messages in the lead-up to Arizona’s primaries, with Trump and his endorsed candidates zeroing in on his unfounded claim that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from him and establishment-backed Republicans focusing on kitchen…
Journalist Economic Jujitsu
On January 21, 2008, the day that George W. Bush entered his last day of his Presidency, and with the Presidential race heating up, the Associated Press predicted a recession ahead. The report defined recession “as an outright contraction of economic activity and employment lasting at least six months.” In the June of 2019, again in the middle of a heating Presidential race, a Politico report said that “Manufacturing as measured by the Federal Reserve has declined…