Farmington • Mitt Romney, Utah’s newest senator, began the first town hall meeting of his term by taking the temperature of the packed Farmington room.
"How many of you are really irritated or angry about something going on in Washington?" he asked.
"How many of you are really angry about the fact that the government has shut down a major part of the economy?" he continued.
Romney told attendees at the Tuesday night meeting that he was there to listen more than to talk. But the Republican senator — who earlier this month took over the seat vacated by retired U.