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Poll: Sebelius as Obama's VP?
CJOnline / The Topeka Capital-Journal - Poll: Sebelius as Obama's VP?
From Staff and Wire Reports
Published Saturday, May 10, 2008
If Sen. Barack Obama gets the Democrat presidential nomination, should he select Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius as his running mate?
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If Sen. Barack Obama gets the Democrat presidential nomination, should he select Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius as his running mate?
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Blog: Sebelius atop VP list
Speculation about Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius' chances of being selected as Sen. Barack Obama's running mate got warmer Friday thanks to a Washington Post blog.
Post political blogger Chris Cillizza listed Sebelius as the most likely candidate to join Obama on the Democrat presidential ticket.
"The second-term Kansas governor earns the top spot because of her ability to further bolster Obama's strengths while not exacerbating his weaknesses," Cillizza wrote. "Picking Sebelius would affirm Obama's core message of change and would give Obama's run even more historic weight. Sebelius' electoral success in ruby red Kansas would also echo Obama's pledge to broaden the playing field in the fall and ensure that the party is competitive in every state. The one knock on Sebelius is the dearth of foreign policy credentials on her resume. But she has six years of strong executive experience and could be the kind of political partner Obama needs in the fall."
Through a spokeswoman, Sebelius said:
"I'm humbled by the suggestion, but what it does more than anything is remind me of how proud I am of the progress we've made in Kansas over my six years as governor. I'll continue working to help Sen. Obama, as I believe he is the right leader for our country, but my focus remains on serving the people of Kansas."
Last year, Democrat strategist James Carville said he hoped Sebelius would be selected.
At that time, the Sebelius camp downplayed the suggestion.
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Reader Comments
-2 Rating Posted by: hedge at May 10, 2008 at 07:25:58 AM
Yes she should be obama's vp then the democrats would have 2 idiots and we could get her to hell out of Kansas
-1 Rating Posted by: KSU_guy at May 10, 2008 at 08:22:18 AM
I second that notion. The sooner we can get her out of our state, the better off we'll be.
+ 1 Rating Posted by: foofoo at May 10, 2008 at 08:33:14 AM
Sour grapes, guys?
Posted by: pkeiser at May 10, 2008 at 09:02:18 AM
Absolutely not! We need her here!
Posted by: hereford at May 10, 2008 at 10:21:05 AM
I would hate to have her run our country if something happened to the President. However would be a tose up which is worst!
-2 Rating Posted by: situveux1 at May 10, 2008 at 11:15:22 AM
"Absolutely not! We need her here!"
Please, what a stupid comment. If you believed that you would have been calling the gov's office to find out why she wasn't "here" when she was trotting off to Georgia for a golf tournament and Turkey for a secret meeting and Kentucky, Ohio, etc to campaign for Obama...all when the legislature was in session and she was supposed to be "leading" the state. That kind of "leadership" I can do without.
+ 3 Rating Posted by: learnedhand at May 10, 2008 at 11:35:48 AM
It's moot. Obama won't win the nomination.
Posted by: brian2225 at May 10, 2008 at 02:11:26 PM
On the contrary. That would be an unbeatable ticket! You go Kathleen!
-1 Rating Posted by: ScottLamorte at May 10, 2008 at 03:19:15 PM
Obama will win the nomination.. where have you been?
Will Sebelius be the Veep? Probably:
CJOnline - Sebelius guest of Bilderberg Group
+ 1 Rating Posted by: spiritwind at May 10, 2008 at 03:59:39 PM
Aww this explains why the archbishop came out in public about her religious practices.
Posted by: picke810 at May 10, 2008 at 05:32:16 PM
It's a pleasant thought: Kansas without Sebelius...maybe she'll take the Allegruccis with her too, finding decent jobs for them as well as Mike Hayden, Klataske, Sabatini and the rest of her syndicate. The bad news is that we'd be left with a pretty worthless turn-coat for a replacement governor
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Posted by: callman at May 10, 2008 at 07:43:47 PM
Well we can sure tell by the responses that we are in the reddest state. And by the way the catholics sure have their never trying to smear the Govenor. All of the cover ups of child molesting priest. They never let the truth be told they just moved their perverted priest to another church to prey on more young innocents.
Posted by: jaredschons at May 10, 2008 at 07:57:09 PM
looks like the rethuglikkkans are out in full form today. is it obama's middle name, or the idea that one voice can make the call for real change that has brought MILLIONS of new voters to the booths that GoPer's fear? mccain stands no chance, not when you have hundreds of thousands of republicans crossing party lines and voting for obama.
all that aside, gov sebelius is an intelligent, powerful WOMAN, another 'no-no' in the conservative playbook.
it shames me to be from kansas, seeing the blatant sexism towards a governor who calls for progress and real change, and the racist undertones against obama who represents EXACTLY the same.