Senator Bennet plays more P.R. games as Education suffers assault after assault

by: Zappatero

Thu Feb 17, 2011 at 10:33:58 AM MST

His first success at this was his blatantly false statement that he was willing to lose his job over the Public Option. Of course, at the time he most likely knew that Barack Obama had taken the Public Option off the table and he would never face such a choice. But he sure did let everyone know about his bold statement. He even fooled little ol' me in that insidious lie.

He got more P.R. chits on filibuster reform (which many saw as a facade) and his constant whining about a "broken" Senate.

I'm starting to get the sense that the only thing Senator Michael Bennet will be good at is issuing press releases.

So, as education comes under assault here in Colorado, thanks to another Triangulating Democratic official, let's take a look at Bennet's concern for education and whether he'll actually do anything about the issue here in Colorado even as he released another statement to the press:

Under my Presidential Teacher Corps (PTC) proposal, teacher preparation programs would compete to train a diverse set of candidates to form a new teacher corps. These preparation programs, and the teachers they produce, would be held accountable for their results. Teachers would also receive the support they need to improve their craft and get results for our kids.

Senator Bennet says he wants to improve education - he even issued a Press Release! The Senator was DPS chief just a short time ago. And if he wants to help to can do something positive: use some political clout to knock some sense into Governor Hickenlooper and actually do something about education besides getting his name in the paper.

We're waiting Senator. And we won't need to see a press release if you really care about education...it will be all over the news!