June 13, 2008

Veep Prospect Sebelius Says She's 'Open To' A New Job

@ 2:36 pm by Walter Alarkon

Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (D) did little to quiet the buzz about the chances Barack Obama will choose her as a running mate.

Here's her response when asked by MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell on Friday whether she'd be interested in the vice presidency:

You know, I love Kansas. I'm entirely focused on what we're doing, trying to help the people of Chapman now recover and make sure that we keep our economy going, and that our folks have good jobs and health care in the future. What I need is a great partner in Washington. So whatever I can do to help him be elected, to help him be there, I'm open to, but I'm not looking for an additional job. I love what I'm doing.

Sebelius also didn't directly address Mitchell's inquiry into whether Obama's campaign had started vetting her. Here's how she answered:

Well, I think the great news is Barack Obama is going to have an array of dazzling choices. And he is a great leader, which is why I support him for this nomination, why I was enthusiastic about endorsing him. This decision is entirely his. The process is just starting with them beginning, I think, to look around.

But I'm enthusiastic about him becoming the next great president of the United States, and I'm going to do anything I can to help him.

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7 Comments »

1. I still will not vote for Barack. He is a sleezy, left-wing, Chicago politician.

   Comment by JayM — June 13, 2008 @ 5:24 pm

2. So if Hillary Clinton says she's open to it after winning half the votes it's inappropriate… but it's not inappropriate that Governor Sebelius is open to taking Clinton's place without doing the work?

   Not going to happen. It will be a huge mistake for Obama to patronize women by offering up a Clinton substitute. Either give us Hillary herself or take your chances with the usual suspects.

   Comment by Susan — June 13, 2008 @ 6:48 pm

3. Gee, so Sebelius, an accomplished executive who has experience running, winning and governing a deep red state didn't do any work to merit her being an asset to Obama. Yet, Hillary who gets elected because of who she was married to and her husbands name (that's feminism for you?!?) then decides to run for the exact same reason did "the work" to qualify her being in the white house. Hmmm, entertaining… I mean interesting.

   Obama, do the right thing keep Billary as far away from the white house as possible.

   Comment by Gee — June 13, 2008 @ 11:52 pm

4. The only VP choice I would find wanting is a bully Obama into picking Hillary one. The Kansas governor has executive bonafides and alligned herself early with the Obama primary campaign to her positives.

   Rep. Charles Rangel(NY) et al NY pols and Sen. Dianne Feinstein(CA)__ and BEFORE Sen. Clinton had political sanity and "stature" on June 3 to "concede", suspend her campaign, and offer her commendation and support to Sen. Obama on Victory of his historic win presumptive nominee POTUS democratic party__ began strong-arming everywhere the CLINTON VP inevitability.

   The audacity to diminish Sen. Obama's hard fought WIN against the rabid Clinton double-team primary attacks__by demanding a VP "win" for Hillary Clinton out of the CLINTON primary LOST!

   Rangel on msm states that Hillary needs VP to keep her momentum and visibility on national and international scene; Bill Clinton muses he wants Hillary close to White House for her next bid for presidency.

   I would be appalled if Senator Obama allowed the Clintons to turn his GE run against McCain into a "Clinton Lite" show, throwing under the bus the Obama platform of "Standing for Change We can Believe In".

   If Sen. Obama were to bow to Hillary and Bill and et al he would lose my confidence in his integrity, "change" stance. I would become one less of the 150 million and counting grassroots barackobama.com volunteers. November he would not receive my vote, although I will be hard-pressed what to do with it. Fervently I hope that Sen. Obama will "stand"__he has political machinery to win arsenaled by Team and Machine OBAMA.

   Absolutely_NO Hillary VP and Clinton-lite must "infect" the 21st Century Obama Phenomenon!

   Hillary Clinton et al have no hold on the primary voters; in the GE 80-90% of these voters will NOT vote against self-interest because Hillary lost her bid for nominee: Hillary and Bill lost because the two on Hillary's behalf ran a dishonest, disrespectful, disorganized,
   "scorch earth" primary campaign against Barack Obama.

   Comment by VictoriaVice — June 14, 2008 @ 3:38 pm

5. BEST QUOTATION EVER FOR SENATOR BARACK OBAMA RUN FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (D)

   "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win."

   Mahatma Gandhi

   Comment by VictoriaVice — June 14, 2008 @ 3:48 pm

6. Remember the Greensburg tornado: Sebelius said that the Kansas National Guard and all their equipment was in Iraq and could not help.

   Then she had to admit she lied at the request of the Democratic leadership just to try to hurt Pres. Bush.

   Then she let her son run his porno business from the Gov's Mansion.

   Then she let the Abortion Doctor have a party in the Gov's Mansion.

   Then she vetoed building a power plant in Kansas.

   Proven liar and of little regard for the people of Kansas why she's perfect for Obama's VP candidate.

   She should be impeached.

   Comment by navy65 — June 14, 2008 @ 9:07 pm

7. "Take my governor. Please!"

   Comment by Kansan — June 16, 2008 @ 7:51 am

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