Claim: “The Denver Post says Bennet’s pushing Obama’s overreaching agenda, helping to stick future generations with trillions in debt and lavishing billions on corporate bailouts and takeovers. The Post summed up Bennet’s Senate career in three words: ‘not enough spine.’ “
— National Republican Senatorial Committee television ad
Facts: (Summary) The National Republican Senatorial Committee ad uses quotes on Sen. Michael Bennet from an endorsement in The Denver Post but takes them out of context. As a result, the ad misleads viewers on The Post editorial board’s stance on Bennet, whom it endorsed over Republican Ken Buck.
That endorsement said Bennet’s work in Colorado has demonstrated he has the qualities that could make a successful senator. He just hasn’t been using them in Washington. The endorsement was not given easily, The Post said, because instead of being the independent voice and coalition-builder he could be, Bennet has voted along with the Obama administration, even as he has spoken out against some policies. Elizabeth Miller, The Denver Post
