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Is Utah just too red? (Original Post) SHRED Jan 2018 OP
absolutely, repug Motley13 Jan 2018 #1
MAKE THEM DEFEND IT !!! Iggo Jan 2018 #2
What Iggo said. irisblue Jan 2018 #3
It's Mitt Romney's seat if he wants it... EL34x4 Jan 2018 #4
The guy who got suckered into a pathetic photo op dinner OliverQ Jan 2018 #14
Unless it comes out that Romeny... Xolodno Jan 2018 #5
To believe in that, Mitt would have to believe in sex. Ken Burch Jan 2018 #11
We only need 2 seats to control the senate TEB Jan 2018 #6
But we're defending some tough seats like West Virginia and North Dakota. OliverQ Jan 2018 #15
Salt Lake City is buying pussyhats... crazycatlady Jan 2018 #7
Think this seat is . . . peggysue2 Jan 2018 #8
Utah is like Wellstone ruled Jan 2018 #9
If they run a candidate as bad as say Roy Moore in Alabama anything is possible. rogue emissary Jan 2018 #10
Cliven Bundy EL34x4 Jan 2018 #16
Okay, I'll upgrade my production to a good chance to pick up the seat. rogue emissary Jan 2018 #17
Too Mormon I'd say. shanny Jan 2018 #12
Its Mittens seat now. roamer65 Jan 2018 #13
 

EL34x4

(2,003 posts)
4. It's Mitt Romney's seat if he wants it...
Tue Jan 2, 2018, 06:43 PM
Jan 2018

...and at the very least he'll promise to be a thorn in Trump's side.

 

OliverQ

(3,363 posts)
14. The guy who got suckered into a pathetic photo op dinner
Tue Jan 2, 2018, 08:55 PM
Jan 2018

before being dumped as SoS?

Please, just like every Republican who at one point stood up to Trump, they all fold and kiss the ring. Romney will be no different. His niece is also the psycho running the RNC.

Xolodno

(6,395 posts)
5. Unless it comes out that Romeny...
Tue Jan 2, 2018, 06:43 PM
Jan 2018

...believes in polygamy with teenage girls...oh wait, this is Utah.

Yeap, Utah is too red.

......
Sorry Utah Dems, the joke was there...had to take it. And I love visiting your state, here's to hoping all of Trumps changes to changes to the National Monuments get reversed.

 

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)
11. To believe in that, Mitt would have to believe in sex.
Tue Jan 2, 2018, 08:20 PM
Jan 2018

Mitt would never engage in such a thing-it might loosen his hair.

peggysue2

(10,832 posts)
8. Think this seat is . . .
Tue Jan 2, 2018, 07:01 PM
Jan 2018

Romney's if he wants it. Then we'll see what the man is made of, if he'll push back against the Trumpster or merely roll over like his complicit colleagues. Could go either way: the thorn or the rose.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
9. Utah is like
Tue Jan 2, 2018, 07:06 PM
Jan 2018

54% hard core Mormon's. And after the 1976 Ezra Taft Benson brain washing,well,the rest is History. Rule of tub is,if a Candidate has a R after his or her name,you must vote for that person.

As Dems,we usually got our 26% of the vote in National Elections,and may be 15-17% in local elections. Only Salt Lake County will give you a solid Dem Victory. There are a few pockets in the South Eastern Counties where we could pull out a Victory.


rogue emissary

(3,148 posts)
10. If they run a candidate as bad as say Roy Moore in Alabama anything is possible.
Tue Jan 2, 2018, 07:30 PM
Jan 2018

It would take fifty percent of the Republicans staying home or a third-party challenger running from the right. Say a hard-right challenger to a more moderate Republican refuses to concede after a tough primary. Romney running against a Bannon clone and a Democrat could be a potential pick up.

rogue emissary

(3,148 posts)
17. Okay, I'll upgrade my production to a good chance to pick up the seat.
Tue Jan 2, 2018, 09:43 PM
Jan 2018

He is the perfect kind of crazy that would run and not conceded in a primary and tank their parties chances in Nov.

 

shanny

(6,709 posts)
12. Too Mormon I'd say.
Tue Jan 2, 2018, 08:40 PM
Jan 2018

SLC metropolitan area fairly liberal--elects Dem mayors and such--but that's maybe half the state pop and they don't get 100% of the vote.

Besides, rMoney is their golden boy so I'm sure the seat is safe. Hard to say how strongly he will oppose der fluegelheinie: he did lobby for SoS.

roamer65

(36,745 posts)
13. Its Mittens seat now.
Tue Jan 2, 2018, 08:44 PM
Jan 2018

He has a 71 pct favorable rating in UT. But he will not be beholden to Dump when elected in a blue tsunami. I expect he will be more moderate than Hatch and will not hold back on Dump.

Still should run a Dem just in case, though. The Dem will force Romney to tack to the center.

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