I find politics a baffling and depressing circus, so my questions may be naive or ignorant. But that’s never stopped me before. Now that Bill Ritter has announced he isn’t running for reelection, I wonder:
1. Does the lack of a Democrat incumbent help, hurt or have no effect on Colorado’s Race to the Top application?
2. Who would be more likely — Scott McInnis or a new Democrat governor (Hickenlooper, Salazar, Romanoff, etc) — to modify or dismantle the entire CAP4K edifice?
3. Which possible Democrat will be looked on most kindly by the Colorado Education Association? How influential will the CEA and other interest groups be in determining who gets the nod?
4. What does this portend for meaningful ed reform in Colorado?
It will be quite a spectacle, watching people under the dome jockeying for position.
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