From Politics West–another Obama administration pickup moves out of the rumor column, and it’s a doozy:
Senate President Peter Groff is poised to resign his legislative seat and take a job with President Barack Obama’s administration, according to multiple sources.
Groff, ever the charming and disarming, would only answer questions with questions, and then talk about music or sports…
But two sources have told The Denver Post that Groff will join the Department of Education in a position that involves faith-based and community initiatives.
Groff is considered the leading Democrat voice in the legislature on school reform…
A Democratic vacancy committee will appoint a successor to his east Denver seat.
The Senate Democratic caucus, with a 21-14 majority over Republicans, would elect a new Senate president. Contenders include President Pro Tem Betty Boyd of Lakewood, Majority Leader Brandon Shaffer of Longmont, John Morse of Colorado Springs and Abel Tapia of Pueblo.
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Congrats to Senator Groff on this appointment (and to President Obama on his fine selection)!
Further congrats to Senator Betty Boyd who will likely succeed him as President of the Senate!
I like Betty, but I have no way of accessing this election.
Betty has become pretty saavy and sophisticated in her time in the House and the Senate. She is pretty well respected by all but the most right-wing legislators.
so when is his term up?
…so he was just recently elected a few months ago, on his promise to serve. ‘huff.
No one ran against him.
he spoke not to the voters at all? not even implicitly, by putting his name on the ballot? If you don’t think you’re committing to anything by putting your name on the ballot, accepting donations, and taking the oath of office, I’m glad you haven’t been elected to public office.
I didn’t think you had it in you! Spoken like a true smart ass. Mah’bad.
You can’t really expect somebody to not run based on the possibility that someone from their party will get elected President and give them a job in DC. That would contraindicate a lot of people, to the point of being kind of silly.
It’s good and fabulous that he ran for election. I would merely expect him to actually serve the term to which he was elected and which claimed he wished to serve.
Having said that, I will note (to everyone’s undying curiosity) that I actually find it more acceptable that Groff is leaving office to continue in public service, rather than leaving in a snit to go back to private ambition shortly after being elected.
You can get laid off. You can get fired. The business can go belly up. You can get fed up and quit and look for something else.
Or, a great opportunity crosses your path and you take it.
That doesn’t mean you weren’t committed to your current gig. Something much better came along.
Are you supposed to say, “stuff it”?
Come on. The legislature pays $30,000 a year, plus per diem. The administration job will no doubt pay far more and will be year-round, with bennies.
Would you turn it down?
If so, then the game of musical chairs continues. Seriously, is Carroll term-limited next year? If so, this may be a tough call: give up one more year as speaker in exchange for eight years as a senator.
I can’t see T. Carroll do it. Rosemary Marshall might be interested, and she’d be a shoe-in, unless Penn Tate wanted it back.
Senator Groff may have counted his chickens before they were hatched.
If he does leave Khadija Haynes will be his successor.
I heard she was ornery and a bit odd. Tate and Marshall are former legislators and better suited.
If anything, he still would like to be Mayor of Denver.
Marshall might.
As a side note, Marshall and Tate do not like each other and come from two different camps in Northeast Denver.
Pres. O would be lucky to have Sen. Groff…..but I’m beginning to wonder what our legislature is going to be like with all the good ones leaving ????
Only worse.
Sorry, dyslexia.
Hate when that interferes with a one-liner.
the Democratic farm system is ripe with capable people.
http://www.mountainvalleynews….
said Steve King
Sentinel LTE:
in reference to a 3% tax increase, which is just exactly like being thrown in a concentration camp.
Think the guy who wrote the letter is Swastika Guy?
Must stop Obama before he returns the affluent to the economic hardships they all suffered during the dark Clinton years. So many BMW driving millionaires in so much trouble just because their strapped circumstances reduced them to hiring cheap illegal help around the house! Oh the humanity!
but they still love to use fear. This time it’s on the economy instead of Iraq.