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The reason: for voting for the bailouts and the health bill. I hope all the bums get thrown out with him.

US Sen. Bob Bennett ousted at Utah GOP convention

By BROCK VERGAKIS, Associated Press Writer Brock Vergakis, Associated Press Writer � Sun May 9, 10:23 am ET

SALT LAKE CITY � Once-popular Sen. Bob Bennett fell victim to a growing national conservative movement with his stunning defeat at Utah's GOP convention.

Delegates voted Saturday to bar the 76-year-old senator from seeking a fourth term, making him the first congressional incumbent to be ousted this year and demonstrates the challenges candidates face from the right in 2010.

Bennett was under fire for voting to bail out Wall Street, co-sponsoring a bipartisan bill mandating health insurance coverage and for aggressively pursuing earmarks.

"The political atmosphere obviously has been toxic, and it's very clear that some of the votes that I have cast have added to the toxic environment," Bennett told reporters Saturday, choking back tears.

"Looking back on them, with one or two very minor exceptions, I wouldn't have cast any of them any differently, even if I had known at the time they were going to cost me my career."

Bennett told The Associated Press he wouldn't rule out a write-in candidacy. State law prohibits him from running as an independent.

"I do think I still have a lot of juice left in me," Bennett said following his loss. "We'll see what the future may bring."
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Bennett's endorsements by the National Rifle Association and former presidential candidate Mitt Romney did little to stave off anger toward the Washington establishment from delegates.

"The bailout bothers me. That in and of itself is unforgivable in my opinion," said delegate Scott White, a 58-year-old general contractor from Taylorsville.
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Bennett's defeat is the latest in a series of surprising political developments in a year in which the tea party movement has amassed growing power.

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^ The bailout alone is enough in my book.

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He is a RINO and must go.

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