Romney On Utah Politics
UPDATE 6/22/07 8:26: Ed sent me to this piece in today’s Deseret News by Bob Bernick. It perfectly describes Utah’s one party problem as it has exhibited itself in the debate over subsidies for private school students. END UPDATE
This is one of the smartest things I’ve ever heard of Mitt Romney saying:
I just came back from living in a state that was overwhelmingly Republican,” Romney told the Massachusetts magazine. “And a single-party system generates problems, in my view. In that state, the more extreme wing of the dominant party begins to have more and more political sway, and that de-energizes the great mainstream of citizens. They get turned off by politics and offended by the politicians and become less engaged in the political process.
He was absolutely right.
Hat tip: Out of Context
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I’m a Romney supporter, and I have to say that Mitt’s honesty is good.
Romney will surround himself with people who disagree with him to see who makes the best argument. I mean, he partnered up with Ted Kennedy for goodness sake!
This is a good thing!
Although there are problems with a two party system as well, they are fewer than what we see here.
I’d love for one group in Utah to not always feel disenfranchised and defensive. And the other group to feel entitled and offend.
Of course, I’m not jumping ship and neither will Romney.
Comment by Tyler Farrer — June 21, 2007 @ 3:11 pm
There’s another great explanation of Utah politics in Friday’s Bernick column in the DesNews.
Comment by Part of the Plan — June 22, 2007 @ 6:23 am