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Far right turns on the heat on GOP
But pragmatists like former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch warn that conservative Republicans are not palatable to voters everywhere. "It is good to push conservative causes but we've got to understand there are certain areas where a conservative During a presentation to the conservative Heritage Foundation on Wednesday he pointed to the Northeast as an area with few Republican officeholders. The ones we do have are quite moderate to liberal and we need them ... We absolutely need them." Bull's-eye on Bennett » Few would consider Utah's Bennett a liberal Republican, or even a moderate for that matter. Full Article at Salt Lake TribuneIt is good to push conservative causes but we've got to understand there are certain areas where a conservative During a presentation to the conservative Heritage Foundation on Wednesday he pointed to the Northeast as an area with few Republican officeholders. The ones we do have are quite moderate to liberal and we need them ... We absolutely need them.
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Far right turns on the heat on GOP
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He is just too liberal for my taste
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When you get someone like that who is basically voting for Utah's interests, I would suggest it is pennywise and pound-foolish to try to get rid of that person ... The key is, is the person acting in your state's best interest? And I think Bob Bennett does.
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There is a sense of empowerment by the people that they can take down an incumbent. I think my candidacy represented that and I think certainly what is happening in New York gave people a sense of empowerment
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He is going to have to explain to the base of Republican voters why he thinks he is a fiscal conservative, because there are a lot who don't believe that
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We did nothing with our power ... We couldn't get anything changed.
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My own conviction in Utah is that I'm the candidate who is most viable and if any of my opponents were the nominee, they would lose to the Democrat ... So that is a dumb thing to do.
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This is not a fleeting discontent ... I think the country as a whole is still frustrated with Washington, D.C., and they who personify Washington, D.C. are going to continue to struggle through 2010.
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As nearly as I can tell, The Club for Growth has had no impact in Utah ... They wasted their money and they caused us to waste a little money to find that out.
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There is obviously some connection between the various groups rising up on the right and the left and the connection is facilitated by the Internet
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