Reply #45: Still wouldn't get that here.

[Drunken Irishman]

Jim Matheson is seen as too liberal by many Utahns. If you think we can get anyone else elected to that seat, you're crazy. I'd love to see Matheson go down in the primary, but I can guarantee you that if this were to happen, Republicans would gain control of that seat. There are no ifs and or buts about it. No questioning, no debate, the seat was gerrymandered in a way that guarantees either Matheson, or a Republican. And the only way Matheson can hold onto that seat is if he's conservative. I'm guessing that isn't the only seat where it's exactly like this.

The only way Utah's 2nd seat would go to a more liberal Democrat is if it went back to the original zoning, which was essentially just Salt Lake County. There they elected some fine members of congress, but now that it takes up nearly half the entire state and cuts Salt Lake County into two, it just is not going to happen.

But when it comes down to it, if Matheson is the difference between a Republican controlled congress and a Democratic controlled congress, I'll go with him any day of the week. And yes, he's my congressman.