While I was sleeping in

The Utah Democrats elected a new party leader, Wayne Holland Jr. Wayne and his father were extremely in the local steelworkers union. Isn't it befitting that the GOP have as their chairman the family owner of Geneva Steel, and the Democrats have the union leader at Geneva Steel?

"The optimistic winds of change are blowing throughout the West," Holland said, noting several Democratic victories in the Rocky Mountain states. "It's time to bring those victories home to Utah.

It was much closer than I thought it was going to be. "The final race was decided by just 25 votes of 729 cast." Jim seems to have been enough, but just barely. Instead of last year's boos over Jim's support of the Constitutional Amendment to ban gay marriage, this year was nothing but cheers and applause. We Utah Democrats are a practical bunch, but we still fight and have principle.

"We have refused to let our opponents unfairly label us and lie about us," said Matheson, who has often voted with Republicans on key issues.
"We've shown that our diversity is our strength, that we can come together and not let our opponents use wedge politics to divide us. . . . Utah Democrats have wandered in the political wilderness long enough."

Let Wayne be our shephard.