Something interesting happened here in Utah a few days ago. I received notice of it in the emails I get from my local meetup group.

Over 500 people met at the State Capitol building to learn how to become a delegate to the state political convention. Those five hundred people may well change Utah's political history.

If a candidate gets 60% of the delegate vote, the go right to the general election--no primary. That's what typically happens with our Congressional delegation--Senators Bennett and Hatch treat the state conventions like dinner dates--a party with a formality attached to it. Yet their fortress has a fatal flaw--there are only 3300 delegates in all of Utah. You send 500 delegates committed to turning an incumbent out, and you virtually guarantee a primary challenge.

It warms the cockles of my heart (whatever that means...).