GOP "Moderate" Replaces Crackpot "Hardliner" James Evans as Utah GOP Chair

No doubt about. The Utah GOP's "transformation" will be a thrill to watch, No?

At risk of coming off as WAY LATE to the party, we'll very belatedly report what happened in Utah GOP politics over the last weekend. The Standard Examiner set the stage on Friday, posting this highly informative story, reporting that three Utah GOP candidates (two hardliners- one "moderate") were poised to battle for the "plum" GOP Chairmanship. Here's the SE story, peeps:

• Two Davis County Republicans vie with incumbent to lead state party

Here are the followup stories, folks:

• New Utah GOP chairman vows to fix party's debt, win back disenfranchised conservatives - Salt Lake Tribune
• Analysis: The Utah GOP takes some baby steps toward the political middle - Utah Policy

Happily, incumbent GOP Chairman James Evans, whom we've regularly criticized here on Weber County Forum over the years, got his ass handed to him in the first round of Saturday's convention vote,

No doubt about it. The Utah GOP's "transformation" will be a thrill to watch, No?