Someone set up a blog site attacking Shadegg for his new position in support of the Bailout “Rescue” Plan. The question arises was the site set up by a Democrat operative seeking to weaken GOP support for Shadegg or someone from the Bob Lord campaign. It is also possible that someone from the conservative base of the GOP had finally had enough. Shadegg slipped some with the base when he openly supported Fife Symington in the late 2007 attempt to unseat Rob Haney as Chairman of LD 11. There was no need for Shadegg to insert himself into an LD election but he got involved anyway. Since that time Shadegg has made other moves that have displeased certain conservative. Up until now Shadegg has always come through when votes were being counted in the House of Representative and has a very conservative record. Up until now.

All indications are the Shadegg will join the Democrats on Friday morning in voting for the bailout. If that will have any effect on his election in CD 3 we don’t know. Certainly it will diminish his conservative credentials a little more.

If the anti-Shadegg blog was put up by the Democrats it may backfire in CD 8, where it looks like Giffords is set to vote for the revised bailout. If the new Shadegg site is done by Republicans, especially if they are from CD 3, then his race may end up being closer than he would like it to be.