A Democrat has zero chance of winning a Utah Senate seat.... so Romney getting it is ok

[scheming daemons]

In states where it is literally impossible for a Democrat to win a seat, the next-best result is for an anti-Trump Republican to win the seat.

In order to Impeach and Remove Trump, we'll need 67 Senate votes to convict.

We're never going to get to 67 Dems in the Senate in the next couple years.... even if we won every single Senate race in '18, we'd only have 57.... so we need Never-Trump Republicans to make up the difference.


I believe that if a Democratic-led House votes to impeach President Trump, that Romney would be a "guilty" vote in the Senate.

[hueymahl]

1. It is funny how far we have gone in the wrong direction

When Romney seems like a sane choice.

[jalan48]

14. It almost feels like we have been subjected to some type of brainwashing propaganda technique.

Reagan, Romney and the awful Bush/Cheney duo are now preferable choices when compared to Trump.

[obamanut2012]

2. I would rather Evan McMullin, but I don't think he would win

Mitt is pretty awful, but he isn't bonkers, and is intelligent and pretty patriotic ie wouldn't commit treason like this bunch.

[tonyt53]

4. Agree completely.

[femmocrat]

12. I also agree.

I hope he will annoy the dickens out of trump.

[Sneederbunk]

3. At least Hatch will be gone.

[sunonmars]

5. Trump having to deal with Romney holding cards will be interesting.

Romney could get some significant payback.

[imanamerican63]

6. Give him time?

We also thought there were a few good republicans, but in time they caved!

[bullwinkle428]

7. Romney will make all kinds of eloquent speeches, and then go ahead

and give Trump everything he wants.

So in effect, it will be like Hatch never left.

[pandr32]

16. That's what I fear as well

He has been quite a flip-flopper on issues--showing party all the way.

[NewJeffCT]

19. I'm afraid that will happen as well

Corker made some nice speeches,too, but still voted for the Trump Tax Scam

[vi5]

8. Yeah, so lets not try.

Seems like a good approach. I mean Republicans never run candidates in heavily blue states or anything. And it's not like we're winning in plenty of deep red areas lately due to Trump or anything. Giving up before it even starts is probably the best approach.



If anyone is counting on Romney to be the voice of sanity for anything then we are much farther gone than I ever expected we would be.

[Canoe52]

9. Romney sold his soul, he wouldnt vote to impeach.

[BoneyardDem]

10. Romney may not be all that reliable IMHO

He dislikes Trumps and Utah's are not liking Trump either. In that respect Hatch messed up big time. Utahns are of the mindset (thanks to Mormondom) that it must always be a Republican over a Democrat and Trump was the only Republican on the ballot for POTUS. BUT, Romney but rolled over and showed his underbelly when SoS was in the offering.

So I suppose it'll be Romney who might dislike Trump enough to vote for impeachment, or another Rep like the lock step Mia Love type that would for sure try to protect Trump when it comes down to a vote.

Like walking across broken glass and seeing if the Republican candidate will eventually throw you a bandaid....where you all know a Dem would give you a pair of shoes even before you have to take that first step.

[shanny]

13. you do remember the suck-up session with frog legs, right?

when rMoney was hoping for a Cabinet post?

so just how "never tRump" do you think he's likely to be?

[fierywoman]

18. What if the frog legs event got Romney to turn a certain corner? One

can always hope!

[zipplewrath]

15. Doug Jones

Alternate strategy. Find the most un-mormon Republican candidate one can find, and run a local democrat against them.

[BlueTsunami2018]

17. I dont trust Willard at all.

I think he’ll fall right in line.

[Wellstone ruled]

20. Thanks for posting a

Truism. Knowing how Utah Politics play out,as of 1976,Taft Benson assured the GOP a continuing control of State and Federal office holders.

The State of Utah is a modern day Theocracy. Enough said.