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Tue Mar 01, 2011 at 10:44:04 AM MST
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Michael Bennet thought it would be good to have United States Senator embossed above his name. He loved the deal offered him by Bill Ritter and President Obama and he's been a good little Senator ever since. Bennet took the perks of incumbency con gusto. He pretended the Public Option was on the table during the health care debate and called health care a "moral obligation". (Not quite sure for whom his press release spoke.)
Botton line: he took to the insider DC game like a duck to water and was lucky enough to run against a schizophrenic Republican Tea Party to actually win a full-term as one of our state's most prominent civil servants.
The new Congress has now been at work for two months, and that distressing dynamic is now in play in Washington (do we reallllllly deserve what we vote for?), which leads me to this question:
Has Senator Bennet earned that $29,000 in salary* for January and February by working to diligently solve the problems of the nation and improve conditions for as many of Colorado's citizens as possible?
My short answer is "No". |
| Zappatero :: Senator Bennet has earned $29,000 so far this year (w/Poll) |
- Bennet proposed a natonal teacher corps he knows damned well will never pass in this current political environment.
- He said he was for filibuster reform but couldn't manage even a symbolic fight.
- He continues to capitalize on his, um, bona fides as an "educator", but timidly stated his hope that Hick's plan to force our students to retrench in their educations is temporary. Hence this photo op.
Now, I will not be so pedantic as Right Wing Liar/Leaders to accuse everyone in public service of being overpaid, underworked, and ripping off taxpayers. I believe none of that. But I do believe a United States Senator (or two) could do a helluva lot more for Colorado's citizens, its voters, and the Democratic principles he says he stands for (he blogs at Huffington Post!) than has United States Senator Michael Bennet in these first two months of 2011.
Is that asking too much?
* - that's almost half the median income of some of our most wealthy and densely populated counties. |
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