Well, if some outliers in the state GOP’s Central Committee succeed in their plans, it could happen. Utah’s big political elephant could collapse.
These zealots have called a rogue meeting for Saturday. They did essentially the same thing in December by getting at least 25 percent of 180-plus Central Committee members to approve a special gathering. There, against the wishes of the party chairman, they passed resolutions to accept more than $400,000 from a donor to continue the party’s lawsuit against SB54, the 2014 legislative compromise with the Count My Vote coalition allowing multiple paths to the primary election ballot — the convention route, signature gathering, or both.