Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Denver)
Colorado Republicans have had a difficult time trying to recruit a candidate to challenge incumbent Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet in 2016, a task that grows more difficult by the day. As Lynn Bartels reports for the Denver Post, Bennet raised $2 million for his re-election for the second straight quarter and is now sitting on a warchest of more than $4.3 million.
Optimistic Republicans like to point to the fact that Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Yuma) defeated Democrat Mark Udall in 2014 despite waiting until the end of February to launch his campaign, but that’s more footnote than foreshadowing when it comes to 2016. Bennet has a well-deserved reputation as one of the top fundraisers in Congress, but it’s still an impressive feat even when you know it’s coming.
Never been a fund like the Foundation Eva Peron……
We have the best government that money can buy.
– Mark Twain
Well at least Bennet is the worst we'll do. Doubt any of the C and D lister Rs contemplating a run against him are going to be funded to compete. The lion's share of the smart R money from the big PACs and donors will go elsewhere. And remember, boys and girls…. any 21st century Dem is better than any 21st century R. Bennet votes very nicely on lots of things. The Rs vote nicely on next to nothing. Taking back the Senate would be really nice, too.
If you can't take their money and drink their booze, and then vote against them, you don't belong in this business.
– Arnold Vinick
I guess, then you're saying that since he can't vote against them . . . ??
Unfortunately, Bennet thought that referred to DPS taxpayers.
Wonder if he matches Bernie for number of donors for those dollars?
Not really although it would be interesting to see how skewed it is.
Bernie was in Martha's Vineyard this past weekend brushing elbows with the rich and famous, and hoping to pick up some donations. To which I say…..good for him!
and we know why…don't we?
I think that if I were one of the servers at the Bennet punch bowl, I would probably do everything I could to avoid invoking any mental images of my candidate sitting on $4.3 million . . .
. . . but, he'll, that's just me!
If they ever do a movie of Senator Bennet's time in Congress, I've got a suggestion for a great title – The Whore of Wall Street.
It will have to have a very large cast. He no more or less fits the bill than practically every other Dem pol.
we know what money can't buy. hope he's picked up on that as well and pulls a Willie Brown on someone:
Pretty sure Bennet was going to vote for fast track anyway so they could have saved themselves some dough.
That's just your "little people" thinking. As Fitzgerald noted, the rich are different than you and me. It isn't the giving — $53,700 probably isn't enough to finance the gilding on these guys toilet paper holders, throw-away change. It's the accepting — that implied social contract. The receiving of one's tribute (as well as the wink-wink-nod-nod of more to come.) ("Moisten your parched beak in my bottomless reservoir of quid, guvnah' you just keeps the proper pro quoing, eh?")