Polling
Tribune Columnist Paul Rolly posts the following on his blog.
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.
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.
posted by steve u. at 9/27/2005
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4 Comments:
I found Hatch's comments interesting last in in the SL Tribune.
"I have very important meetings coming up concerning the [Skull Valley] project, and it is important that I keep working on all options to protect our state,"
If Hatch is interested in options to protect Utah, how about considering what all of our other congressmen and our Governer have, that is, eliminating the transporting of nuclear waste through the state. Battling the Skull Valley project is reasonable, but then again, battling the Yucca Mountain project also is reasonable (perhaps even more so). We ought to ask ourselves what is he thinking?
Sorry about the error in the first line. It should read: I found Hatch's comments interesting in last week's Salt Lake Tribune article.
Does this count as budging?
What is your position, Steve, on Yucca Mountain?
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