The Conservative Front

I’ve been out of town for a couple of days. Time to catch up. While I was on vacation, I finished reading Thomas Sowell’s marvelous book The Vision of the Anointed. It was a fantastic read! Many of my favorite current affairs books leave me wanting to strangle some liberal, just to make me feel [...]

On a great win in the face of tremendous odds. Chris Cannon seemed to have everything going for him: endorsements of most of Utah’s Republican leadership, name recognition, a bigger budget, experience from previous campaigns, PAC money from outside Utah, all that and yet volunteerism and a great grass roots effort were able to unseat [...]

I spent the evening at Chaffetz Headquarters in Springville. At about 11:00 PM, Chris Cannon called to offer his congratulations, and to concede the race for Utah’s Third congressional District. The totals as of right now (with all but one rural precinct reporting) are: Jason Chaffetz – 59.96% (27,266) Chris Cannon – 40.04% (18,208) In [...]

Rep. Lynn Westmoreland (R-Ga.) is circulating a pledge among House members that signifies their willingness to rely more heavily on our own, domestic resources. As of 4:00 PM MDT on June 17, 2008, Congressman Chris Cannon’s name is not on the list. Why not? Maybe he’s just too busy talking about it. Those who have [...]

I got an email earlier today from my friends at the Utah Republican Assembly. It was forwarded from Bay Buchanan, a nationally known Conservative pundit and author of The Extreme Makeover of Hillary Rodham-Clinton. Ms. Buchanan was US Treasurer from 1981-1983, and she was awarded 2007 Woman of the Year by the Claire Booth Luce [...]

I got an email from Chris Cannon’s campaign today. In it he says, “While I have represented the Third District for several years, I firmly believe I must earn your support anew with each election.” I wonder if he thought that one through first. Of course it’s true: he’s had to convince us anew every [...]

Jason Chaffetz scored a huge political victory today at the Utah State Republican Convention. Despite having been outspent 9 to 1 by Chris Cannon, Chaffetz handed Cannon a stunning upset and missed the nomination outright by only 6 votes. A candidate who wins 60% of the delegates does not have to face an opponent in [...]