Senate candidate declares, again, she will not be part of “politics as usual”

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, March 1, 2010.  Since her entry last June into the race for Utah’s senate seat, Cherilyn Eagar has warned that backroom deals are part of the “politics as usual” that has brought the United States to the terrible state they are now in.  She has declared, repeatedly, that she will have no part of them.

That didn’t stop one Washington, DC, advocacy group from asking her to join one by signing a pledge:  That she will support any candidate except Senator Bob Bennett; that, if she is voted out of the race, she throw her support at convention and in a primary to a candidate that has signed the same pledge; that she will encourage her delegates and friends to join her in this support.

Eagar has refused to sign, on principle and for practical reasons.  First, “This is exactly the type of dirty dealing that has ruined American politics,” says the longtime conservative activist, “Any group can endorse any politician in any race, but this is goes far beyond an endorsement.  It’s an attempt by an outside group to manipulate a Utah election.”

Second, Eagar refuses to participate in a heavy-handed, group attack on Senator Bennett, saying, “This race is not about Bob Bennett, it’s about electing the candidate best able to represent Utah’s people and Utah’s needs.  This kind of attack could easily backfire, creating a sympathy vote for Senator Bennett, and producing exactly the result the instigators don’t want.”

Third, it is premature to sign a pledge to support a candidate when the filing deadline is weeks away, and, as everyone saw last week, more candidates might still join the race.

Finally, it is totally unreasonable to sign a written pledge to support a candidate until it is known who else will sign.  She states firmly, “I will not pledge myself to support some unnamed and unknown candidate, if it means I may be committing myself and the people who have placed their trust in me to support someone we don’t want to see elected.”

Eagar adds, “For over thirty years, I have watched politicians.  This is just the latest backroom deal by Washington insiders, and no good will come of it.  The people of Utah deserve better.  I’m on record stating that I have no professional conflicts of interest and that my vote will not be bought, sold, traded or gambled away.  That is my pledge to the people of Utah.”

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Fiscal Restraint
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Free Market Solutions
Energy Independence
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