Democratic Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet’s campaign offered a preview of its strategy for the general election today, saying Bennet will stick with his core issues of education, jobs and change in Washington, while also pushing a message that Republican Ken Buck is too extreme for Colorado.“What we see is a very clear race between two candidates with very different views,” Bennet campaign manager Craig Hughes told reporters on a conference call. Hughes said Buck had already started to walk back statements on social security and the 17th amendment that he’d made during the primary, saying “There’s a real trust issue when it comes down to Ken Buck.” Earlier in the week, the Bennet campaign distributed a list of pre-primary statements that Buck had made on issues like social security, student loans, and the 17th amendment, and comparing them to conflicting statements made since then.
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