After publicly mulling the idea of running as a write-in, giving hope for cat fud fans everywhere, unfortunately, Bob Bennett has decided to go quietly into the night after all.
“If I were to do it, it would revive all of those passions and divide the party in the state of Utah,” Bennett said, calling the campaign “the nastiest race for a party nomination in the history of Utah.”
The fact that his announcement was at NRSC headquarters was a pretty clear tip-off ahead of time that he wasn’t going to break away from the party. Bennett didn’t endorse anyone, but has a meeting scheduled today with Tim Bridgewater (who faces a primary against Mike Lee, both of whom finished ahead of Bennett at the GOP convention).
If Bennett gets tarred and feathered at the state Republican Convention, they will send Hatch to the electric chair in a few years.
week IIRC that he’d be scheduling a UT-Sen R2K poll with a write-in Bennet included as a choice in the general election.
Too bad it didn’t get finished and published.
If it had shown Bennett leading, maybe it could’ve changed the narrative (a la what Ras has been doing). And given Bennett something more to ponder before making his decision. Oh well.
Didn’t he have a lot of cash on hand?