The big news in the political world was the fact that Sen. Robert Bennett of Utah did not receive endorsement from the GOP.
It's a big deal because Bennett, a moderate Republican, has had three terms in the state. And he won't have a fourth.
Furthermore, this makes Bennett the first incumbent for senator not to be reelected in 70 years in Utah.
Republicans, it sounds like, are fed up with Bennett's failure to follow through and his collaborations with the Democratic party.
The country on the whole, from what I've observed, is having a sort of backlash against the Democratic party.
We've seen it elsewhere.
Republican Scott Brown beat Martha Coakley in the race for the senate in Massachusetts, upsetting the entire Democratic party.
The Tea Party movement has caught on like a flame. People are becoming more conservative, not less.
Some analysts think Calif. Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer is up against the toughest race of her political career.
I'm still very skeptical about the direction I see our nation heading. It frightens me, actually. But it's comforting to think that, perhaps, the people are beginning to be frightened, too. Perhaps, our nations leaders have gone too far. Perhaps, people are starting to awaken to the dangers of a nation with no morals and no self-restraint.
I don't think I've even been so curious about the outcome of a political race that wasn't a presidential one.
It's just fascinating to see that the nation is becoming so conservative that it chooses to reject Republicans with a record of service in the senate. So great was the discontent within the GOP that it was willing to take on nearly complete strangers in lieu of a veteran they don't think they can put their faith in anymore.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-utah-senate-20100509,0,5006134.story
http://www.gop.com/
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