March 04, 2015 03:04 PM UTC

Bennet votes with Republicans to Override Keystone Veto

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• by: madmike

Well, he did it.  Sen. Michael Bennet had the nerve today to vote with the Republican majority and a few other Democrats to try to override President Obama's veto of the Keystone XL pipeline project.  Fortunately, the effort failed.  I was holding my breath and hoping that Sen. Bennet would have the good sense to reverse his previous position and support the President on this issue.  But it appears that the oil and gas industry has more lobbyists and a lot more cash to hand out than I do.  I hope that the good, progressive folks who reside in our beautiful state get together and find someone to challenge Sen. Bennet in next year's primary, someone whose views better reflect the views of the people who put him into office.  Because, it is my personal belief that Sen. Bennet needs to go.  And I also happen to believe that he will go in 2016 one way or the other – either by being ousted in the primary by a more progressive Democrat (my wish) or by a Republican in the general election (my prediction based on how he is polling).  In any case, I plan to do whatever I can to continue to support progessive candidates and to expose "corporate" Democrats like Sen. Bennet.  Colorado deserves better.