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Thursday’s Talking Points – March 24, 2016

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Good Thursday morning from Salt Lake City. Today is the 84th day of the year. There are 282 days left in 2016

Republican establishment leaders are trying to prevent a possible Trump presidential loss from hurting GOP members of Congress. Utah caucus participation for presidential vote was much lower than presidential primary in 2008. Is there a bike in your transportation future?

The clock:

  • Six days to the last day the governor may sign or veto bills (3/30/2016)
  • 30 days to the Utah Republican and Democratic State Conventions (4/23/2016)
  • 46 days to the last day a veto override session may begin (5/9/2016)
  • 96 days to the 2016 Utah primary election – (6/28/2016)
  • 116 days to the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland (7/18/2016)
  • 123 days to the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia (7/25/2016)
  • 229 days until the 2016 presidential election – (11/8/2016)
  • 305 days until the first day of the 2017 Utah Legislature – (1/23/2017)
  • 350 days until the final day of the 2017 Utah Legislature – (3/9/2017)

Ten talking points for Thursday:

  1.  Republican Party elders and funders are trying to insulate vulnerable GOP members of Congress from possible Trump disaster  [Washington Post]. Clinton versus Trump would be oldest presidential matchup in U.S. history [The Hill].
  2. Bob Bernick writes that after the Utah caucuses, plenty of intrigue lies ahead in the delegate chase [Utah Policy].
  3. Despite a large caucus turnout in Utah, fewer votes were cast for presidential contestants than in 2008 presidential primary [Deseret News].
  4. Utah transportation leaders want citizens to do a little bike commuting, writes LaVarr Webb [Utah Policy].
  5. New, larger mosque approved for Salt Lake City [Tribune].
  6. The Sanders campaign reinvents the use of technology in politics [The Nation].
  7. Gov. John Kasich refuses calls to quit presidential race to help block Trump [New York Times]. Shadow campaign begins to deny Trump his delegates [Politico].
  8. Epicenter of Utah population growth is shifting to Utah County [Deseret News,Salt Lake Tribune].
  9. Robert Spendlove writes about policy innovation through creative destruction; how government can learn from the private sector [Utah Policy].