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2009/2010: Jeb's second thoughts?

 

Published 1/6/2009 by Domenico Montanaro at First Read

CALIFORNIA: Meg Whitman, ex-EBAY CEO, is officially exploring a bid for California governor, setting up a high priced GOP primary between two moderates, as Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner has been running for months. COLORADO: The AP profiles Colorado's new senator, former Denver schools chief Michael Bennet, who fully intends to run for the seat in 2010, as he setting up a campaign Web site and will file papers in a few days. "A Yale-educated lawyer who made millions working as a corporate restructuring specialist before entering government work, Bennet was an aide to Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper before taking over Denver's schools in 2005. A reform plan Bennet brought to the school district earned him national accolades in education circles. Bennet was among those who advised Obama on education during the presidential campaign...." ( CQ's Jonathan Allen counts the appointees who successfully ran for reelection, and the odds aren't all that good. "Since the 17th Amendment ... (link)

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