Utah Political Parties Struggle Over Ideology, Leadership
Deseret News (Salt Lake City) › June 26, 2011
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In off-election year conventions, political parties choose their officers and take care of party business. Results from the recent Republican convention and the anticipated outcome of the upcoming Democratic convention are raising eyebrows. Whenever we see raised eyebrows, we are obliged to comment.
Utah Republicans chose as their vice chairman and secretary two arch-conservatives who were viewed by many mainstream Republicans as party dissidents, often at odds with party leadership and even filing litigation against party leaders. Now they are the party leaders. Convention delegates also rebelled against top GOP legislators and the clear wishes of the LDS Church by passing a resolution to repeal HB116, the immigration reform legislation. Is the Utah Republican Party falling apart?See the full content of this document
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Utah Political Parties Struggle Over Ideology, Leadership
Pignanelli: "Damn your principles! Stick to your party." -- Benjamin Disraeli
The Utah Republican Party is analogous to Microsoft: a dominant operating system customers inherit or select because of a comfort level -- everyone else is also using it. Both entitie...See the full content of this document
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