We still think Arne Duncan is the likely pick for education secretary, but what if, for whatever reason (say, the stench of scandal emanating from the Windy City), Team Obama decides to go in another direction? Could Michael Bennet, the Denver superintendent, be the go-to guy? According to this Denver Post article, he's well-liked by reformers and the teachers union (or at least his local teachers union) and politically savvy. He's non-traditional (he used to work in business) and he recently got a nod from Jonathan Alter at Newsweek. (Maybe Alter is friends with his brother James, who edits the Atlantic. It's a small world.) Of course, as the Post points out, he has yet to be mentioned prominently in Flypaper's pick-the-next-education-secretary-daily-tracking-poll. Maybe that will change today!
