As news outlets all over the planet have been reporting for the last 24 hours, Colorado Governor Bill Ritter today officially appointed Denver Schools Superintendent Michael Bennet to fill the United States Senate seat vacated by Interior Secretary designee Ken Salazar. (Bennet is pictured here at the Ed Challenge for Change event that DFER co-sponsored at the Democratic National Convention in the Mile High City last summer.)
Denver Post story is here, Rocky Mountain News is here.
We like Bennet a lot. Our statement is after the jump.