Urquhart Positioning Himself for 2010?

Congressional Quarterly set a few tongues in Utah wagging when they listed Senator Steve Urquhart as a possible Republican challenger to Governor Gary Herbert in the 2010 election. 

Eric Peterson at City Weekly thinks Urquhart may be sharpening one of his attacks against Herbert.  In his blog, Urquhart challenges Herbert to allocate nearly $2 million to shore up the New Century Scholarship until the next regular session, which promises to be a lean one anyway.   Peterson says this is a sneaky, yet brilliant, line of attack.

The 2010 session will be Herbert's proving ground for re-election and he's already made moves to cut the budget at whatever the cost, even looking to hire out some contract guns to help get the state budget back in black in 2010. That being said, could Urquhart make an issue over shortchanging scholarship students out of $1.7 million?
Hells yes he could. It's a strong point, not only just because its an education issue, but also because it's the kind of thing that might get the attention of some of them more moderate republicans out there (not to mention democrats) mourning Huntsman's sudden Marco Polo act.

Peterson says Urquhart has Herbert in a corner on this issue.

Ultimately the only way Herbert can sidestep it is to do just as Urquhart asks. Win-win for Urquhart: either he gets a point to stick Herbert with where it hurts in 2010 or he gets the credit for being the catalyst to helping out some 2,000 needy scholarship students.