I missed this article until just today, but thought it might be of interest:
He's presumably one of America's most powerful men - second in line to succeed the president if the nation's chief executive dies or becomes incapacitated while in office.
But few turned out on Thursday to see or shake hands with U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., in town to promote his book, Speaker: Lessons From Forty Years in Coaching and Politics.
In fact, staffers at Deseret Book in the ZCMI Center Mall confessed that many customers had "no clue" who the speaker was.
"He's the speaker of the House?" asked one woman. "Whose house?"
While the book signing may have been laughable, the true purpose of Hastert's visit was to provide some serious support to John Swallow, Republican candidate for Utah's 2nd Congressional District.
Swallow is lagging behind in recent polls, but political observers expect his race to be neck-and-neck with Democratic Rep. Jim Matheson.
the link: http://sltrib.com/search/ci_2398257