Mitt Romney to announce Senate run Thursday

[MMC]

In Utah? There's a good chance one will. However, Romney would be hard to beat there for several reasons.

Utah GOP Chairman: Romney Is Pulling A Hillary Clinton With This Senate Run.....


Romney will probably win in a landslide. Yes, the GOP will hold the seat, but not everyone is happy about it. Utah’s Republican Party chairman is certainly not enthusiastic, likening the former Massachusetts governor’s second swing at public life to Hillary Clinton’s 2000 Senate run. He also noted that Romney has no real ties to the state, and that him jumping in is keeping better candidates out of the running (via The Salt Lake Tribune):


The Utah Republican Party chairman blasted Mitt Romney’s anticipated Senate run, hitting him for “essentially doing what Hillary Clinton did in New York” — campaigning in a state he hasn’t spent much time in.


“I think he’s keeping out candidates that I think would be a better fit for Utah because, let’s face it, Mitt Romney doesn’t live here, his kids weren’t born here, he doesn’t shop here,” Rob Anderson told The Salt Lake Tribune in an interview.


Still, Anderson, who is generally seen as a moderate voice within the Utah GOP, suggested that Romney is just “using name recognition to win a seat.”


“I have two questions for Mitt. First of all, why? And how do you expect to represent Utah when you don’t live here?” ....snip~


https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattve...e-run-n2449311

[Tahuyaman]

I would tend to agree that he is basically being a carpet bagger.