What to Do With Utah Delegates

As we prepare for the national convention, prominent John McCain supporters pushed for Utah's delegation to be unbound to Mitt Romney so they would have to vote for John McCain.

In the February primary Utah voters gave Mitt Romney over 90% of their vote. An attempt to unbind the delegates to Romney at the state convention was defeated. Then at the last possible second (after the deadline for filing convention challenges had passed) the Utah Republican State Central Committee decided to give the bylaw which had awarded all of the delegates to Romney a new meaning. One that effectively would bind the delegates to McCain. This interpetation was sent to central committee hours at approximately 5 p.m. before a state central committee meeting the next morning. Just as Clinton attempted to redefine what the meaning of the word "is" is, Utah Republican leaders decided to change the definition of what a candidate is.

As a candidate for national committeeman and national delegate at the state convention, the state delegates knew the definition and they wanted their votes to go to Romney.

Now as a national delegate I must decide if I should follow the interpetation of the rule as understood by Utah voters or the tortured interpetation that was thrown at central commitee members at the last possible second when the issue had been before us for over six months.

Here is an oped piece that I authored which appeared in The Salt Lake Tribune on the subject.



Follow the link:

http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/ci_10223675