Bennet Wins

Proving that the backing of the White House, the Democratic establishment, Wall Street and hedge fund criminals like Whitney Tilson should never be underestimated, Michael Bennet beats Andrew Romanoff pretty handily.

The Denver Post and the AP have called it for Bennet.

With 64% of the vote counted, Bennet leads Romanoff 54.4%-45.5%.

Before we get all teary-eyed, let's remember that Bennet was SUPPOSED to win this primary.

Hell, given that he had the backing of the White House, the Democratic establishment, Wall Street and hedge fund criminals like Whitney Tilson plus all that yummy yummy campaign cash money to throw around, Romanoff should not have been in the race at all.

Nonetheless, the Obama people still tried to buy Romanoff out with an administration job last September when he first announced his intentions to run.

When that didn't work, Obama raised cash and made appearances and even did a drop-in at a tele-town hall last week.

Uncle Arne, when he wasn't busy at his day job closing schools and firing teachers, also lent a hand to Bennet.

And make no mistake, JP Morgan Chase, BoA and the rest of the banksters took care of Bennet too.

Union members - teachers and nurses - fought the good fight against him.

But it's hard to fight that uphill battle when you've got the establishment and Wall Street against you.

As unionized teachers in traditional public schools, we know all about that, don't we?

Anyway, Obama must need corporate whores like Bennet in the Senate really badly to work so hard to save Bennet's corporate whore ass.

You can bet if there were any teachers who voted for Bennet tonight, they will rue the day when Obama and Bennet push through NCLB Jr and institutionalize the closing of schools, the firing of teachers, teacher pay and evaluations tied to test scores, and lots of for-profit charters replacing traditional public schools.

Unless Bennet gets arrested for that JP Morgan/DPS deal., of course.

If there were any justice in the world, doing a deal like that which pays off so handsomely for JP Morgan Chase, then taking Chase's money (and money from other banksters and hedge fund criminals) during the campaign WOULD be illegal.

But that would truly take some CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN.

And we're not going to get that from people like Barack Obama or Michael Bennet.

Obama's Most Reliable Education Deform Supporter In Senate Now Behind In Polls

This is good news:

Andrew Romanoff (D) literally bet the house on his Senate primary challenge of Sen. Michael Bennet (D) and a new Denver Post poll suggests it might be paying off.

Romanoff has closed a double-digit deficit and is now leading Bennet (D), 48% to 45%.

Bennet is a key ed deformer, a Wall Street scumbag, and a reliable vote for the EMO's, the HMO's and the credit card industry.

He is anti-teacher and anti-union.

He is also President Accountability's favorite ed deform senator in the Senate.

And hedger fund crook/education reformer Whitney Tilson thinks Bennet "rocks"!

I think those are more than enough reasons to send him down to defeat.

Romanoff, on the other hand, calls for the end of the "demonization of teachers," and says

Schools aren't factories and students aren't widgets...the silver bullet approach to school reform, the suggestion that we can or should transform public education just by charterizing it or voucherizing it or privatizing, that approach is doomed to failure. The real work of improving student achievement is tedious and hard and often expensive but it is worth it.

It would be nice to see the unelected Michael Benet, ed deform extraordinaire and friend to the Wall Street and hedge fund crooks go down to defeat.

POSTSCRIPT: Romanoff, btw, sold his house to fund his primary challenge:

Andrew Romanoff has officially gone all-in for his U.S. Senate bid, selling his Washington Park house and loaning his campaign $325,000.

Romanoff, the former Democratic speaker of the House in Colorado, sold the bungalow to a neighborhood developer. He will put the proceeds and cash from savings into his effort to unseat Sen. Michael Bennet in the Aug. 10 primary, a bid severely lagging Bennet's $7.5 million fundraising total.

While political observers said they considered the loan a desperate move in an underfunded campaign, Romanoff described the move with the mixture of defiance and humor that has marked his underdog effort.

"I'm never home anyway," said Romanoff, who has lived in Washington Park since the late 1990s. "Plenty of Americans are taking a lot bigger hit than me. I spend a lot of hours asking other people to do the same."

Independent public affairs consultant Eric Sondermann said, "One hopes on a personal level it's the smart long-term commitment. He must have made a decision he's in the hunt and needs a last-minute boost."

Indeed, Romanoff said, he is "increasingly confident. I wouldn't be doing this if I didn't think I was going to win."

Romanoff also couldn't help using the opportunity for new digs at Bennet, who has received most of the party endorsements and more than $1.3 million in cash from PACs. Romanoff has sworn off all PAC money for his current campaign.

"I'd like to create a democracy where you don't have to sell your house to win the U.S. Senate, but we're not there yet," he said. "I expect to win and repay the loan. I happen to believe Americans of modest means deserve representation, too."

Yes, Americans of modest means do deserve representation.

Currently Michael Bennet, unelected senator, represents the ed deform industry, the credit card industry, and Wall Street.

He made his fortune by putting people out of work in a corporate raid.

He does NOT represent Americans of modest means.

He makes money off of them.

And he wants to privatize the entire public education system, bust the unions and make sure all that education money is opened up for his hedge fund/Wall Street buddies.

Romanoff, on the other hand, seems to understand what teachers are facing these days:

“The single most important ingredient of a kid’s success is, of course, what goes on at home. But the second most important ingredient that contributes to student achievement is the quality of the teacher,” he said. “Since it’s harder for us to legislate good parenting, a lot of efforts in the capital and elsewhere are aimed at legislating good teaching …

“I’ve talked to a lot of teachers who feel demoralized because they’re expected to solve the problems that society has neglected.”

If you can send Mr. Romanoff a little bit of cash against the Obama crony/Wall Street/PAC-funded Bennet, that would be much appreciated.

You can bet Whitney Tilson has all his robber baron cronies and slave labor friends sending love Bennet's way.

I cannot stress enough, we need MORE and BETTER Democrats.

Sending Michael Bennet, President Obama's best education deform ally in the Senate, down to defeat would help that cause.

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