What’s At Stake
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.
