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Romney, New Primary Date Put Utah on the Political Map
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"Where's the county we called? Where's Hillsborough?" someone asked.
They clicked on Hillsborough: Trending McCain, despite all their best efforts.
"It's early still," said volunteer Connie Norris.
McCain began pulling away. It was no longer early.
CNN called the primary for McCain, and after a modest bit of grumbling ("McCain is full of crap, to be honest with you," said volunteer Dusty Wright), they clapped and cheered their candidate as he made his concession speech.
"I'll never give up hope. I have faith the American people will see the light," Norris said.
Conservatives in America need to mobilize on behalf of Romney, Wright said. Conservatives need to recognize that he, Romney, is one of them -- that the Mormon religion binds him rather than separating him from the conservative community.
"They don't come more conservative than Mormons," he said.
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