Michael Bennet has every reason not to run for president
"He is realistic about the big field,” said Sen. Tim Kaine , a close friend who worked on health care legislation with Bennet. “The way he looks at it: ... with a field so big it's not like anybody is a prohibitive favorite.”
In past presidential cycles, Bennet’s political bio would be formidable: He’s fended off a liberal primary challenge and was twice elected in a swing state. He has donor connections from chairing the Democratic Senate campaign arm. But what's set him apart thus far is his emotional approach to politics, sometimes translating into sheer exasperation.
Bennet's had multiple “disagreements” with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer , the architect of the party’s strategy to filibuster Neil Gorsuch’s Supreme Court nomination. And he grows most animated when discussing his party’s “terrible failure” on Supreme Court justices and judicial nominations, which have dominated the Senate during the presidency of Donald Trump.
“When it comes to fighting Trump's judges, Michael Bennet is the George McClellan of the Senate Democrats,” said Brian Fallon, who heads Demand Justice, a reference to a flailing civil war general. “The only difference is, McClellan actually did go on to win the Democratic Party nomination for president.”
Bennet says that by filibustering Gorsuch, who did not change the high court’s ideological leaning, Democrats gave McConnell “a gift.” The filibuster prompted McConnell to go “nuclear” and change the voting threshold for Supreme Court nominees from 60 to a simple majority.
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