A reader in Highland, Utah, sends along this local report:

I attended my local Republican caucus last night here in Utah. We are in Utah’s second congressional district currently held by Jim Matheson (D). We had 5 times the turnout of 2008, representing about 18% of all registered Republicans in my precinct. People were very fired-up about the health-care bill and the direction of Congress in general. Also, 17 previously unaffiliated voters became Republicans in order to participate in the caucus. We also collected well over $1000 for our county party. While those seeking election to the state party convention were predictably clear that Matheson has to go, the strongest and most frequently expressed sentiments were for dumping Sen. Bennett. Every state delegate won with a promise to NOT vote for Bennett. We have a few good candidates challenging Sen. Bennett, and former Alito supreme court clerk Mike Lee looks to have the most support at this time. NOT ONE person running for state delegate was willing to acknowledge that they were willing to even consider Bennett at the convention. While my precinct is VERY conservative, I suspect that Sen. Bennett will have a tough time even surviving the convention from what I saw last night and have heard from others around the state.

There are several Republicans challenging Bob Bennett in the GOP primary: former Utah County Republican party chairman Tim Bridgewater, former congressman Merrill Cook, activist Cherilyn Eagar, and former Justice Alito clerk Mike Lee.