October 15, 2010 10:13 PM UTC

Denver Post: Michael Bennet for U.S. Senate

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• by: JeffcoBlue

Read it and weep, righties.

http://www.denverpost.com/opin…

Buck, who has served as Weld County district attorney for six years, ran as a far-right Tea Party conservative in his primary race against more moderate Jane Norton, and has now been tracking back to the center.

It hasn’t been an easy waltz. He’d trip over his feet more often in his march to the center if they weren’t in his mouth. Buck’s critics now call his tap dance “Buckpedaling.”

First, he said he supports Colorado’s “personhood” measure. Then he backed off. Now he says he isn’t sure.

During the primary, he told voters he’d support a Fair Tax. Then, when faced with a misleading Bennet attack ad, he backed off. He told one crowd he favored repealing the 17th Amendment, which allows for the direct election of senators, then later backpedaled…

A social conservative, Buck is further to the right than most Coloradans, opposing abortion in all cases except to save the life of the mother. He also opposes gay marriage, a repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell,” and the DREAM Act – all measures we support.

They actually used “Buckpedaling.” Who says the Denver Post doesn’t read Pols?

A very thoughtful endorsement with points for everybody. But this is “Bennet’s moment.”