January 22, 2010 07:21 AM UTC

Does Bennett Have Problems Balancing A Check Book?

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• by: SheepskinStrutt

Much of the said criticism of Andrew Romanoff on Pols and other sites definitely have merit; he has run a bit of a sloppy campaign (to say the least), he oftentimes fails to distance himself from his opponent, and his quizzical press conference earlier this week has not his finest hour.

However…at least he can answer a simple question. [note: skip to about 45 sec]

As shown in the video above, Bennett is asked an extremely simple question, “Can you balance a checkbook?”   Now it is obvious that the lady is questioning CBO estimates that the current healthcare bills in both the Senate and the House are deficit-neutral, and any politician worth half his salt should have deciphered the question and begun the progressive litany. But Bennett is flabbergasted, and, with all due respect, hardly appears senatorial. He simply can’t do it.

Now it is quite predictable I’ll get comments on that hackneyed “tea-bagger” plant on Bennett’s town hall, how she is spitting that half-witted rhetoric of [at this point, either mention some unholy trinity of talk show hosts, or just say neocons; your pick, lefties]…If that is all true, shouldn’t she have been an easy target for Bennett to pounce on? If he can’t handle what many of you would term a half-literate, thoroughly discombobulated granny, then how could anyone expect Bennett to intelligently answer more verbose opposition?

Again, while Romanoff has made more than a few peccadilloes in his Senate campaign, his campaign has every right to continue on, albeit on a less drunken path. I, for one, can testify to his persona and character if not his ideology, and, at the risk of presumptuously giving advice to my colleagues on the other side of the spectrum, will say that I think him to be a Democrat that could sit better with independent Coloradans come November.