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October 27, 2004

UT 2: GOP Meltdown

The Salt Lake City Tribune is reporting that the Utah State GOP is refusing to pay to post two remaining negative attack against incumbent Democrat Jim Matheson.

Local Republican leaders are apparently embarrassed by the 14 ads sent out by the national Republicans. At least two of the ads attacked Matheson for supporting iniatives also supported by Republicans.

"We were holding our noses anyway. But that went too far," said Utah Republican Party Chairman Joe Cannon. "I and many others thought these were over the top."

Personally I think it's honorable that the local GOP Party people see the nastiness and aren't willing to be so ruthless as to allow the NRCC to do anything to win. It's apparently causing a war between the state and national party, however. This might be the ending of a beautiful friendship.

Posted by Carla at October 27, 2004 02:11 PM