UT-PPP: Matheson competitive

[King]

"Democrats really do have a chance to be competitive in the US Senate race in Utah next year, but that potential for a close contest is completely predicated on Congressman Jim Matheson taking the plunge. Other potential Democratic nominees we looked at- even though they're well liked by voters in the state- would lose by the sorts of astronomical margins Democrats are accustomed to losing by in Utah."

Matheson 47%
Chaffetz 42%

Matheson 45%
Hatch 44%

http://publicpolicypolling.blogspot.com/2011/07/matheson-competitive-in-utah-senate.html

[King]

Fool's gold.  Not that we know what his new seat is going to look like (or do we?  I haven't been following), but he'd be throwing away a somewhat safe House seat in order to maybe win a Senate seat, concurrently with a presidential election that may very well feature a Mormon at the top of the GOP ticket.

looool!

I think it would be worth the shot if we knew Romney wasn't going to be the candidate. But yeah...

I believe Utah is scheduled to be the last primary in the nation (late June).  Matheson will likely go unchallenged in any primary.  There should be a GOP nominee far before hen.

[King]

What did I say that was 'looool'-worthy?  (Is that pronounced as spelled, by the way?  Like 'drool'?)

looool means Legitimate Opinion with Obviously Objective and Ordered Logic.

[King]

Wow, he's even ahead of Hatch. Chaffetz makes sense, but I thought Hatch was still pretty popular (among indies and non-crazy Republicans at least).

Indies and non-crazy Republicans only make up like 5% of the state population.

[King]

DINOs are closer what the ideal Republican Party should be.  We should always encourage having DINOs instead of halfwits like Chaffetz.

As long as Dem hacks don't count on him as part of some lofty 60 seat progressive plan for America like they did with the DINOs in 2008 and just use him for important committee work, he'll work out just fine.