Dear Delegate,
It is my honor to announce the following list of endorsements for my campaign for the US House of Representatives. It has been a privilege to talk with these leaders of our community who are working so diligently in their endeavors to support Democratic values in the state of Utah and beyond. It is my hope that my campaign and my future service as your Representative inspires new and fertile coalition among Utahns and breathes new life into our Democratic party!
Sincerely,
Claudia Wright
Executive Board of Utah Stonewall Democrats
Former Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson
Representative Christine Johnson
Former Salt Lake City Council Member Nancy Saxton
Former Chair of Utah Stonewall Democrats Michael Picardi
Michael Binyon, candidate, Utah House of Representatives District 55
David Cobb, Green Party US Presidential candidate, movetoamend.org
Ashley Anderson
Archie Archuleta
Robert Comstock
Tim DeChristopher
Earl Jones
Jill B Jones
Brian Moench
Stephanie Pace
Julie Peacock
Ron Spinelli
Joyce Spinelli
Janet Rampton Warburton
Julianne Waters
John Weisheit
Troy Williams
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Delegate Email: Who's Endorsing Claudia Wright?
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Geez! DeChristopher, the Green Party? How can we lose in the 2nd District?! I wish they had taken this challenge seriously. It's turning out to be a joke.
I cannot believe the nasty innuendo Claudia's people are putting out. Jim Matheson has been endorsed by Peter Corroon. I'm with Corroon and I get that Corroon needs Matheson if we want unaffiliated and Republicans to cross over.
Health care passed, it is a piss-poor baby step, but last I checked it was called The House of Representatives. Matheson's constituents overwhelmingly wanted Jim to not vote for the bill. He did his job, and although I would have preferred a yes vote, I can see the bigger picture and I would rather have a Matheson any day of the week than a Philpot.
Your logic is wrong, my friend. We do _not_ need Matheson on a ticket to get Corroon elected. Corroon will sail on his own. Wright's presence on the general election ticket will _draw_ Democratic voters to the polls, just as Obama's did. Less than 50% of eligible voters vote in Utah, and Wright has the potential to grab new and untapped bodies of voters who would _never_ show up to vote for Matheson, _especially_ given the anger Dems all over the state have been vocalizing since the health care vote. But it's not just the health care vote, by any means. He votes against the Utah Democratic platform on key issues 60% of the time--see the comparison of Matheson and Wright on Wright's website if you want to check that out.
Your logic is wrong, my friend. We do _not_ need Matheson on a ticket to get Corroon elected. Corroon will sail on his own. Wright's presence on the general election ticket will _draw_ Democratic voters to the polls, just as Obama's did. Less than 50% of eligible voters vote in Utah, and Wright has the potential to grab new and untapped bodies of voters who would _never_ show up to vote for Matheson, _especially_ given the anger Dems all over the state have been vocalizing since the health care vote. But it's not just the health care vote, by any means. He votes against the Utah Democratic platform on key issues 60% of the time--see the comparison of Matheson and Wright on Wright's website if you want to check that out.
I suppose partisan Dems are entitled to regard a Republican congressman in the 2d District as unacceptable. For my part, I cheerfully supported Merrill Cook in two elections.
Because of the failure of nearly all Republicans to oppose Bush when it counted, I will never vote for another GOP candidate ever. Rep. Matheson is functionally a GOPer, and no way will I vote for him either.
If a Republican moves into the seat, maybe Dems can recover some of their pride.
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