Are the Republicans planning to sabotage Utah's Democratic congressional primary?

[brentspeak]

Matheson does indeed suck, but it doesn't seem likely that Wright, who is challenging Matheson after http://www.cityweekly.net/utah/blog-3577-claudia-wright-the-right-left-choice.html">responding to a Craig's List ad, could possibly defeat a well-funded GOP candidate in a conservative Utah district. But who knows?

http://www.sltrib.com/D=g/ci_15064568

Republicans to raid Democratic primary?

Some Utah Republicans who harbor hopes of taking a congressional seat that a Democrat has held for a decade are raising the possibility of crossing over to vote for the candidate they perceive as the weakest in the Democrats' open primary.

State Rep. Carl Wimmer, R-Herriman, became a topic on KSL Radio's Doug Wright Show on Tuesday after he posted a Facebook suggestion that Republicans vote for Claudia Wright over five-term Congressman Jim Matheson in the June 22 Democratic primary. While Utah Republicans reserve the primary vote to registered party members, Democrats have an open primary that enables independent voters -- with no declared party affiliation -- to vote.

Wimmer, who later disavowed the effort and apologized, started a long online discussion when he raised the idea on the social-networking site. He dubbed it "Operation Chaos" after a 2008 Rush Limbaugh radio campaign to mess with Barack Obama's mounting primary and caucus wins over Hillary Clinton.

"OK, Time for operation chaos Utah style," Wimmer wrote. "Utah Democrats have an open primary election, so EVERY Republican in the Utah 2nd Congressional District needs to go and vote for Claudia Wright against Matheson. She is very liberal, and would give Morgan Philpot an almost certain victory in that district."

[Gman]

1. LOL! We do it too!

[customerserviceguy]

2. Being as Claudia Wright

is an open lesbian ( http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700029423/Challenger-Claudia-Wright-expects-to-take-Rep-Jim-Matheson-to-a-primary.html ), that would indeed hand the seat to a Repuke. That just doesn't fly in Utah.

[Sebastian Doyle]

3. Sounds like exactly the kind of candidate we need to elect in that fucked up state

I'd ask for an address to send her contributions, if I wasn't broke.

[customerserviceguy]

4. You'll have an easier time

parting the Great Salt Lake before that happens. In 2005, I spent six months in Utah, it was the longest ten years of my life!