On a day when upstart ultra-conservative challengers to the Republican establishment are feeling emboldened, Utah AG Mark Shurtleff (one prominent member of that group) is instead suspending his campaign against incumbent Republican Senator Bob Bennett:
Mark Shurtleff said he will continue to serve as Utah attorney general while he deals with his daughter's mental health problems. He said his daughter has been placed in a treatment center.
"Today, I am announcing the suspension of my campaign for the U.S. Senate," Shurtleff wrote in an e-mail to reporters. "This announcement comes with sorrow because I do want to serve my country, and I do believe both political parties have put this nation in grave danger by spending so foolishly that our children and grandchildren will have a difficult time recovering."
Our best wishes to Shurtleff. We'll have to wait and see what the long-term effect of this is... Shurtleff was the top contender against Bennett. Does Bennett skate to re-election? Does one of his lesser, even more fringe-right opponents (like Tim Bridgewater or known gnome-hater Cherilyn Eagar) grab Shurtleff's support? Or does another prominent figure (like freshman Rep. Jason Chaffetz, who's been eyeing the race) get in now?
http://www.swingstateproject.com/diary/5857/utsen-shurtleff-drops-out
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