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Situational awareness - October 22, 2018
Good Monday morning on a mild autumn day. Maybe some rain ahead.
The 2018 midterm elections are little more than two weeks away. Will there be a "blue wave," or will a "red wave" keep Republicans in power? Make your picks in our 2018 Election Challenge. We've got a $50 gift card for the winner - http://bit.ly/2Ed4dhj
Executive summary: Utahns are right now casting their ballots by mail. Candidates are running out of time to win support of undecideds. Mia Love and Ben McAdams are pummeling each other with negative advertising and national PACs are piling on. The mid-terms, murder of Jamal Khashoggi, and the migrant caravan.
TICK TOCK
- Mail-in voting continues
- 1 day until in-person early voting begins (10/23/2018)
- 8 days until the last day to register to vote online or in person (10/30/2018)
- 10 days until in-person early voting ends (11/2/2018)
- 15 days until the 2018 midterm elections (11/6/2018)
- 98 days until the first day of the 2019 Utah Legislature (1/28/2019)
- 145 days until the final day of the 2019 Utah Legislature (3/14/2019)
- 743 days until the 2020 presidential election (11/3/2020)
Today At Utah Policy
Improving education quality is highest priority for Utah votersThe top issue that Utahns want state government to solve is improving the quality of public education, a new poll by Dan Jones & Associates finds.Jones asked 649 adults to list their top three issues facing Utah state government, and then listed 21 possibilities.If a res...
McAdams & Love were nice people - until this raceI've watched a lot of political races and I've observed many contests turn negative. Thankfully, we don't see an enormous amount of nasty, negative campaigning in Utah, mostly because our races are usually so lopsided in favor or Republicans that negative campaigning wouldn'...
Ben Stein and university presidents featured at Global Forum Nov. 8
Utah's five female university presidents, along with economist, attorney and writer Ben Stein, will be featured at the Utah Global Forum on Nov. 8, at Grand America Hotel, starting at 8 a.m.Stein is the most famous economics teacher in history. This is because his iconi...
Environment: National magazine features Utah's Pando
The magazine Popular Mechanics recently published a feature story on Utah's gigantic stand of quaking aspen in Fishlake National Forest. Here's an excerpt:The world's largest living organism, not to mention one of the oldest, lives in the Fishlake National Forest in cen...
Enter the 2018 UtahPolicy.com Election Challenge and winWelcome to the 2018 UtahPolicy.com election challenge!...
OTHER UTAH HEADLINES
Deseret News
Pignanelli and Webb: Prop 4 sounds good, but flaws abound
Editorial: The real test is what voters are asking themselves
One key Utah midterm race may tell us if hard red states can turn blue
Why Utah is the third-best state in the country for political engagement
Job growth up in Utah by 3.6 percent in September
Super PAC ad against Mia Love continues to air with some changes
Voters to decide if Utah Legislature can bypass governor to hold special sessions
Utahns to decide 2 constitutional amendments dealing with property tax exemptions
Utah ACT scores trend upward but lag behind national averages
Utah Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox makes an 'I Voted' sticker for one lucky Utah voter
A new state park at Grand Staircase?
Salt Lake Tribune
Op-ed: The ACLU is wrong about Operation Rio Grande
Op-ed: Reject the top-down Obama era Medicaid expansion that is Prop 3
Op-ed: Critic of religion uses a straw man to justify rudeness
Utah drops a bit to No. 2 nationally for job creation
Mia Love says outside liberal group was forced to pull 'defamatory ad,' but group disputes that
Utah voter enthusiasm driven by Trump, Romney and marijuana, poll shows
NATIONAL HEADLINES
- So far, at least 4.7 million people have already cast early ballots, as voter enthusiasm is "off the charts" (The Hill Morning Report)
- News deserts widen as newspapers shut down. Some 200 counties in U.S. are without any paper, weekly or daily (Route Fifty).
- Democratic Senate hopes shift from winning a majority to limiting losses. Democratic strategists now eyeing 2020 to pick up Senate seats (Politico ). Democrats have raised more money for the congressional mid-terms, but Republicans have more in the bank (New York Times).
- Big Democratic donors are so far staying on the sidelines in Dem presidential nomination contest (The Hill).
- Trump job approval hits new high (RealClearPolitics).
- Trump withdraws from a Cold War-era arms control treaty with Russia, saying Russia is cheating. Russia slams decision as "blackmail" (Politico).
- Republicans and Democrats in Congress find common ground in condemning Saudi crown prince in wake of Khashoggi murder in Turkey (Politico ). Saudi influence machine faces test (Washington Post ). Turkey vows to reveal details of Khashoggi death (New York Times).
- Migrant caravan from Central America swells to 5,000, including deportees attempting to get back into the United States (Washington Post ) (New York Times).
- Rats surge in Boston real rats, not politicians (Boston Globe).
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
- 1746 Princeton University, in New Jersey, receives its charter.
- 1797 The first successful parachute descent is made by Andre-Jacques Garnerin, who jumps from a balloon at some 2,200 feet above Paris.
- 1914 The U.S. places its economic support behind the Allies in WWI.
- 1938 Chester Carlson invents the photocopier. He tries to sell his machine to IBM, RCA, Kodak and others, but they see no use for a gadget that makes nothing but copies.
- 1962 -- The U.S. reveals Soviet missile sites in Cuba. Pres. John F. Kennedy orders a naval and air blockade, which causes a confrontation that threatens nuclear ward. On Oct. 28, the U.S. and Russia agree on a formula to end the crisis.
Policy News
Join WTC Utah for a business roundtable discussion with New Zealand's Deputy Consul GeneralWorld Trade Center Utah, in partnership with the Governor's Office of Economic Development, is delighted to host a diplomatic luncheon welcoming Murray Bruges, New Zealand's Deputy Consul General in Los Angeles....
More National Headlines
Trump's job approval rating reaches an all-time high in new poll (AOL)
Manchin wrestles with progressive backlash in West Virgini (The Hill)
Scott Walker Tries to Snatch Football From Democrats One More Tim (Bloomberg)
Trump would prefer to pick a woman for U.N. envoy (Reuters)
Elizabeth Warren DNA test highlights how tribes decide membership (Washington Times)
2020 vision: Democratic hopefuls warm up for White House race (Guardian)
O'Rourke walks back 'Lyin' Ted' line (Politico)
'Transgender' Could Be Defined Out of Existence Under Trump Administration (New York Times)
As Democrats Court Latinos, Indifference Is a Powerful Foe (New York Times)
DeSantis rips CNN for releasing 'misleading poll' ahead of first debate with Gillum (Miami Herald)
Wise Words
Moral Authority
"Moral authority comes from following universal and timeless principles like honesty, integrity, treating people with respect." Stephen Covey
Lighter Side
Joints
"There's a growing trend of older Americans who are using marijuana in their retirement. That makes sense because old people are always talking about their joints." Jimmy Fallon
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