I have been following the race for Congress between Democrat Bill Orton and Republican Chris Cannon. I've almost laughed at time to see the great length that Orton has gone to in shedding his Democratic Party, and he's run away from Bill Clinton, although his background showed he led the Utah delegation to the National Democratic Convention as a committed delegate for Clinton. That doesn't sound very "independent," although he always claims to be.
On the other hand, Chris Cannon was proud to be a Bob Dole delegate and was very pleased with the vice presidential pick of Jack Kemp. Cannon has been proud of his conservative roots.After the fiasco with the national monument in southern Utah, I can plainly see that Orton isn't influential with the president in his own Democratic Party. (I don't see why he still works or campaigns for Bill Clinton.) Oh well, you know how the old saying goes, "Politics makes strange bedfellows."
Utah is such a small state it needs all the representation it can get. We only have three votes, and approximately two-thirds of the time Orton cancels out one of the other votes, thereby leaving us with only one vote. Now that the Republicans are in the majority, and if he is replaced by a member of the majority party, just think how much the new representative could get done.
I guess logical thinking just made me vote for Chris Cannon.
Aaron Mefford
Provo