Getting Nervous?
Over the past few days, Republican state delegates have received survey questions from Dan Jones and Associates to determine what federal issues are important to them and their opinion of Sen. Orrin Hatch.
The survey, which obviously is being done on behalf of Hatch to determine his support among current state delegates, also asks whether delegates have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of President George W. Bush, Greater Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce Director Lane Beattie, Lt. Gov. Gary Herbert, Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. and Sen. Bob Bennett.
That question is intriguing given the events of the past week in which Hatch is steadfastly sticking to the Bush Administration's plan to place a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nev., while his fellow Republicans are jumping off that horse and moving toward Democratic Sen. Harry Reid's attempt to keep the repository out of Nevada.
Bennett recently changed his position on Yucca Mountain and is now opposed to putting the repository there. Huntsman, in an interview with The Salt Lake Tribune last week, was critical of Hatch, calling his support of Yucca Mountain ill advised.
So Hatch, apparently, wants to assess where the delegates are on that issue and whether they appreciate his support of the Republican president who was overwhelmingly supported by Utah voters in his re-election bid last year. Or, are they warming to the Republican leaders who oppose Yucca Mountain and are becoming increasingly critical of Hatch?
The survey also shows that Hatch is having a little anxiety over the challenge State Rep. Steve Urquhart, R-St. George, has launched against him for the Republican nomination next year.
Cheers,
Paul Rolly
The survey, which obviously is being done on behalf of Hatch to determine his support among current state delegates, also asks whether delegates have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of President George W. Bush, Greater Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce Director Lane Beattie, Lt. Gov. Gary Herbert, Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. and Sen. Bob Bennett.
That question is intriguing given the events of the past week in which Hatch is steadfastly sticking to the Bush Administration's plan to place a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nev., while his fellow Republicans are jumping off that horse and moving toward Democratic Sen. Harry Reid's attempt to keep the repository out of Nevada.
Bennett recently changed his position on Yucca Mountain and is now opposed to putting the repository there. Huntsman, in an interview with The Salt Lake Tribune last week, was critical of Hatch, calling his support of Yucca Mountain ill advised.
So Hatch, apparently, wants to assess where the delegates are on that issue and whether they appreciate his support of the Republican president who was overwhelmingly supported by Utah voters in his re-election bid last year. Or, are they warming to the Republican leaders who oppose Yucca Mountain and are becoming increasingly critical of Hatch?
The survey also shows that Hatch is having a little anxiety over the challenge State Rep. Steve Urquhart, R-St. George, has launched against him for the Republican nomination next year.
Cheers,
Paul Rolly
2:03 PM
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3 Comments:
Thanks for the mention. I hope you're having fun with the blog; it is an enjoyable read.
Oh darn, even when I read the news and think I understand it, I apparently don't, because I thought I had read that Hatch and Reid were now partners in opposing the nuclear depository at Yucca Mtn. It looks like early senility has reared it's ugly head again!! But you're saying Bennett is opposed to it? Is it because of the fault line that runs through Yucca Mountain? I can't remember if there's another reason. Of course, with all the fault lines running through Utah, I'm not sure that Utah is a very good place to have a nuclear depository either.
We have a choice between the good ol' boys of Washington or the good ol' boys of the state.
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