It had been awhile since much was seen or heard of Greg Hughes, the former speaker of the Utah House of Representatives. Though he has been high on the list of those said, by what the late pundit William Safire always called The Great Mentioner, to be planning a run for governor next year.
Hughes poked his head out the other day, the star of one of two competing rallies in front of the local office of Rep. Ben McAdams.
McAdams had the good judgment to be somewhere else that afternoon, so he didn’t get to see Hughes lead a coagulation of local folks who are mad at the congressman for taking what amounts these days to a bold stand in favor of the U.