News Flash: Majority Whip Greg Bell Tapped For Lt. Governor

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By Monotreme

The Standard-Examiner is reporting that northern Utah GOP political moderate Greg Bell has been nominated to fill the State of Utah's #2 executive slot:

• Bell officially nominated to be lieutenant governor

Ed. note: We'll leave it to our readers to decipher the true meaning of all this.

P.S. Don't let the cat get your tongues.

Update 8/6/09 6:00 a.m. MT: The Standard-Examiner fleshes out this story with not one but two additional stories this morning; and Desert Dawg, from the Voice Of Deseret blog, provides another typically fact filled and robust writeup here.