Brian’s Utah Weblog

I found another postcard in my mailbox today from Mr. Joe Jarvis, Republican candidate for Utah Senate in district 2.

And still Mr. Jarvis doesn’t have a single mark on his mailing to indicate that he’s a Republican. The last one was even worse as it included the word “Democrat” in several places quoting Democrats who like Mr. Jarvis’ position on health care. Of course, incumbent Senator McCoy’s position is just as strong and McCoy does not need to pretend to be someone he is not.

Does he think we’ll be fooled when the election comes? Doesn’t he know that names are on the ballot with party affiliations listed right beside?

I hope you’ll all join me in supporting the new star of the Utah Senate, Senator Scott McCoy.

It’s an exciting election season, but the big races are just not that dramatic.

Wise and reasonable folks are going to vote overwhelmingly for Representative Jim Matheson (D-UT2) and send him to join the Democratic majority in Washington, D.C. Even committed Republicans are crossing party lines for Jim.

I think Pete Ashdown is the cat’s pajamas, but he isn’t going to win this year. The same reasonable people who elect Jim Matheson are going to pick Orrin Hatch (R-DC) whose privileged Washington D.C. state of mind is so focused on personal power that we’d be better off with no senator at all.

Steve Olsen would be a great congressman but he hasn’t made enough progress against the awful Rob Bishop (R-UT1).

Christian Burridge is actually the most interesting candidate for Congress this year. He won’t win outright, but if he can climb up into the low 40’s leveraging big endorsements against corrupt Chris Cannon (Abramoff-UT3), he could really win next time in 2008. He just needs that level of experience and credibility to raise enough money to get the message out. Burridge is young and vigorous, keep an eye out for him.

But that isn’t enough excitement from big races. What is really at stake in this year’s elections? It’s the local races.

I’ll post on a few of the really exciting ones and how they offer us the opportunity to make life better for all Utahns this week.