Colleagues: Michael Bennet able to step right in
DENVER
That’s what colleagues are saying about the Yale-educated lawyer, a shrewd study who won’t need long to navigate Congress, even though Bennet has never held public office.
Bennet was named Saturday by Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter as his choice to occupy completely the remaining two years of the Senate term of Democratic Sen. Ken Salazar, who is awaiting confirmation as interior secretary during the term of President-elect Obama.
People who bear worked with Bennet, a Democrat, who at 44 will become the Senate’s youngest member pending Salazar’s confirmation to the Cabinet, declared he’sitting up for the challenge.
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“I slip on’privately remember he’ll have any trouble adjusting to the world of political science,” said Alan Gottlieb, annotator of Education News Colorado, a Web site run by the Denver-based Public Education & Business Coalition.
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