Final Draft of Letter the Senate Candidates

Following is a copy of the letter that the Delegate Utah Coalition for Reform sent to the candidates.  I will post candidates' answers as we get them.


Dear Senate Candidates,

A coalition of Utah delegates is forming.　 It is our hope that this coalition will be strong and large enough to determine the Republican nominee on May 8th.

A number of times recently our incumbent Senator has failed to uphold our core belief in a smaller Federal Government and therefore must be replaced.　 The goal of our coalition is to replace Senator Bennett with a True Conservative Leader.　 Our state is one of many across the nation attempting to clean up Washington by electing new Senators.　 As good as this is, we are concerned with the great risk involved in sending a large number of freshmen to the Senate at one time.

The terms of some of the most powerful (and corrupt) Senators will not end for a number of years.　 They stand ready to either take freshmen under their wings or to ostracize them, summarily ending their effectiveness as reformers.　 We not only need a candidate that will represent our conservative values in the US Senate.　 We need someone who can work for good in spite of the corrupt and hostile environment, standing with integrity as a leader other Senators will be willing to follow.

We feel each of you running for Senate would represent Utah’s principles well.　 However, we do not as of yet know which of you will be best suited to lead the US Senate in reform.　 To that end, we wish to ask all of you a series of questions that will give us some insight into your ability to lead as a reformer.　 The purpose of these questions is not for us to ascertain　your stance on issues or gain understanding of your platforms.　 Rather, we hope to better understand how you are planning to survive your first few years working as a reformer.

Our first question in this series is:

a. How will you defeat media bias and sensationalism?
b. How will you become an influential leader of other new Senators and guide them towards reform?
c. How will you prevail over partisan politics to cooperate with the opposition party for the good of the Nation?

Please provide your responses and supply key points on how you plan to fill this vital leadership role in the U.S. Senate. 

We thank you for taking the time to answer this and future questions personally.　 Our support will fall behind the candidate who best addresses our concerns.



Sincerely,

Delegate Utah
Coalition for Reform