signatures for months get on the primary ballot put can sort of win either way and romney was somebody who was collecting stoikts ma signatures to make sure he was on that ballot. 4,000 people at the convention, 6,000 so republicans in utah, one of the states with the highest turnout rates of any state in the country. so the romney folks feel very confident that he can win in the long game. they ve got name recognition, the money, and the fact that mitt romney still has sky high approval ratings in utah. that said, you know, now they have a real race and they re going to have to trun like a real race. because as you heard from mike kennedy what romney is going to get is this carpet bagger critique that he s the massachusetts governor that ran for president nationwide and now he s in utah. that s the line they know they ll have to deal with from now until that primary later this summer. that tee us s us up nicely f ryan williams. department national press secretary on romney s 2012
campaign who is joining us us, there he is. let me get to you react to what garrett just said. are you ready for that carpet bagger critique and are you worried that months from now we re not going to be talking about select elect mitt romney? no. governor romney is the overwhelming favorite for this seat. he s running a grassroots campaign. he was always expecting this primary, i think garrett laid out very well, the process. it s not unusual for figures like governor romney to not win the convention. governor gary herbert in 2016 running for re-election actually lost the convention by ten points then went on to the primary and won in a landslide by 44 points. but this is not how you thought it was going to go, that s a fair statement. they always expected a primary, that s why they ve been collect signatures and going to the convention. governor s running a comprehensive campaign and he welcomes this effort because he wants to take his message to voters. the 600,000 or so voter