Could a Shake-Up in Bennet's Staff Hurt His Campaign?
By Michael de Yoanna
Created 2009-10-09 11:14

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Could a Shake-Up in Bennet's Staff Hurt His Campaign?

michael_bennet_71U.S. Senator Michael Bennet---who will apparently face a long, tough battle for reelection, including a challenge from fellow Democrat Andrew Romanoff---has made a big change in his office, replacing Jeff Lane, his chief of staff, with Guy Cecil, a top political operative who served as the director of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign. "Guy's strong work ethic, leadership abilities, and strategic thinking will be a real asset," Bennet (pictured) says in a statement to The Denver Post [2]. State Republican Party chairman Dick Wadhams claims the move illustrates that Bennet's office is in "disarray." The Washington Post [3] writes that Bennet is "among the most endangered Senators up for re-election in 2010." Meanwhile, former Lieutenant Governor Jane Norton has raised more than $500,000 in her bid to out-do fellow Republicans for a shot at facing Bennet, according to Congressional Quarterly [4]. It seems certain, writes CQ, that Norton will be the best-funded GOP candidate in a slate of lesser-known candidates, such as Ken Buck, Weld County district attorney, and Ryan Frazier, an Aurora city councilman.
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[1] http://www.5280.com/tag/authors/michael-de-yoanna
[2] http://www.denverpost.com/ci_13517128
[3] http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/senate/co-senate-bennet-lands-cecil.html?wprss=thefix
[4] http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/eyeon2010/2009/10/norton-quickly-raises-half-mil.html