I kind of feel sorry for Michael Bennet...

[TexasTowelie]

...he received the "Kiss of Death" from conservative pundit George Will. Even if you don't support Bennet, he doesn't deserve the kiss of death from George Will.

Democrats should nominate Bennet
https://www.athensreview.com/opinion/democrats-should-nominate-bennet/article_310fb7c6-a42f-11e9-842c-c7bd740e632b.html
(Athens, TX Daily Review)

[JI7]

1. Doug Jones got the same thing during his Senate election and it worked out for him

[TexasTowelie]

4. Who knows?

It could be the endorsement that marks Bennet's ascendancy. And it could also show that over 60% of DU members were dead wrong with our preferred choice at this point in time.

[LuvNewcastle]

2. I thought he was the perfect candidate.

He's smart, even tempered, from a good region, the right age. I'm not sure what Democrats want in a candidate anymore. Maybe if Biden hadn't run, Bennet could have filled the vacuum, but it's over for him now.

[watoos]

10. Yes but Joe better pick up his game,

Bennet ate Joe's lunch at the debate.

[CTyankee]

3. Thus Will has snottily declares the utter defeat of his "party" in the view of people with common

decency. George Will can't deliver the "kiss" of anything. Nobody cares what Will thinks or writes about. His ship sailed long ago and nobody cares what happens to him. It is all to Bennet's favor that he writes this about him. We Dems are the party of thinking, well educated people. George Will is piffle (and I think he knows it).

[xxqqqzme]

5. Will is the Ben Stein

of the current criminal DC gang.

[Cosmocat]

7. Yep - dude is a human thesaurus

Past that he's a simple-minded twit.

[CTyankee]

14. excellent description.

[BeyondGeography]

6. He was all for Klobuchar

I like Bennett but I can’t bring myself to read why Will switched allegiance.

[samnsara]

8. i really like Bennet.. hes not my choice but i just like the guy a lot...

[thesquanderer]

9. He ignores that Bennet has no charisma. It would be like putting Mondale against Reagan. (n/t)

[bucolic_frolic]

11. I feel sorry for people without charisma

there should be charisma school for us. we're not deplorables, we're just quiet.

[JI7]

15. maybe not the usual charisma but he is appealing in his own way

and easy to listen to and relatable.

[Honeycombe8]

12. It's not the kiss of death to me.

Maybe to you.

George Will is a never-Trumper. So he does reflect a certain segment of voters looking for someone normal and less extreme to vote for. There is a dearth of options for them.

Biden comes closest, I guess, in the Democratic Party. Next up would be a third party. Maybe they'd go for a third party. Is Schultz still in?

I'm not sure of the issue they have with Biden. His age is an issue with many people, so maybe that's it.

He makes a good case for Bennett. I'd be interested in him. Too bad it wasn't Democrats who brought attention to Bennett. In reading up on Bennett, he has a badge-worthy history of supporting all the big Democratic causes...the ACA, healthcare public option, migrants, children of migrants, environment, etc.

[kag]

13. I could never feel "sorry" for Michael Bennet.

He was handed his senate seat on a silver platter because Obama endorsed him IN THE PRIMARY in 2010.

I think he's okay as a senator, but nothing special. He's a very poor public speaker, and except for that one speech that made him famous when he ripped Ted Cruz a new one (which I loved), he never gets too excited about liberal politics.

As for Will, he's still vomiting up the the dictionary he swallowed when he was four years old. Other than that he's an idiot.

[DavidDvorkin]

16. He should never have been in the Senate

Romanoff should have been appointed to the seat when Salazar resigned.

[brooklynite]

17. I'm guessing 99% of Democratic voters have no idea of what Will said.

[question everything]

18. How could he! The two faced one! He supported Klobuchar

https://www.democraticunderground.com/13004