Kathleen Sebelius: Two decades in politics
Kathleen Sebelius is the nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services in Obama's Cabinet. She has served as Kansas' governor since 2002 and before that was insurance commissioner and a state representative.
A spokeswoman says Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius isn't reconsidering her decision not to seek a job in Washington.
Sebelius said a month ago that she was taking herself out of consideration for a position in President-elect Barack Obama's Cabinet. She cited the state's budget problems.
But New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson has withdrawn as Obama's choice for commerce secretary because of a federal investigation into how his political donors landed a lucrative transportation contract.
That led to some speculation about Sebelius.
But Sebelius spokeswoman Nicole Corcoran said Monday: "She stands firmly by her decision" to drop out of consideration for the Cabinet.
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Uhlrick_Hetfield_III (anonymous) says…
I'm telling you, the FBI has something on her that she doesn't want revealed. Roundheels is as ambitious as she is corrupt and nothing would have stopped her save for a negative vetting process.
Uhlrick_Hetfield_III (anonymous) says…
Governor McKinney has a nice ring to it. It will be great when this bimbo is gone. Go, Kathleen, go.
stuckinthemiddle (anonymous) says…
I've been unimpressed by Sebelius as governor...but I wonder if Uhlrick_Hetfield_III has any evidence of corruption...
number1jayhawker (anonymous) says…
Maybe now she'll change her mind AGAIN and vote YES on the new coal plant. LOL
Shardwurm (anonymous) says…
What will it take to get her out of here?!?!? You know she's bad when threads here on the Liberal Journal World are negative and no one defends her.
rooster (anonymous) says…
Shardwurm Says:You know she's bad when threads here on the Liberal Journal World are negative and no one defends her.Because the posters on this article are retarded.I mean really: uhlrick_hetfield: The FBI has something on her????No, they don't or she wouldn't be the governor of kansas.xd40 Says:I think she doesn't want the job because she has suddenly realized she's not corrupt enough.Which part of the Obama team is Corrupt???Number1jayhawker says:Maybe now she'll change her mind AGAIN and vote YES on the new coal plant.When did she change her mind on the coal or any other major issue now or prior to now?So basically no one other than myself is going to waste on second of their life on this debate as the previous posters are not worth wasting their breath on. In all actuality I could have just posted jibberish on here and the previous posters will still be retarded.Have a great day!
KEITHMILES05 (anonymous) says…
For the love of money.......Kathy! Get the heck out of Kansas before you bring this state downward to no return.
rooster (anonymous) says…
Keithmiles05 only reinforces the level of retardation on this thread by implying that the governor will bring our state down financially. hmmm lets look at the statistics.table 1:states with mid-year fy2009 budget gaps Size of Gap Percent of FY2009 General Fund Alabama $458 million 5.5% Arizona $1.2 billion 11.9% California $13.8 billion 13.6% Colorado $604 million 7.7% Connecticut $392 million 2.3% District of Columbia $258 million 4.1% Delaware $152 million 4.2% Florida $2.3 billion 9.0% Georgia $2.5 billion 11.7% Hawaii $232 million 4.0% Idaho $131 million 4.4% Illinois $2.0 billion 7.0% Indiana $763 million 5.8% Iowa $100 million 1.6% Kansas $141 million 2.2% Kentucky $456 million 4.9% Louisiana $341 million 3.7% Maine $140 million 4.6% Maryland $691 million 4.6% Massachusetts $2.1 billion 7.3% Michigan $145 million 0.6% Minnesota $426 million 2.5% Mississippi $24 million 0.5% Missouri $342 million 3.8% Nevada $536 million 7.3% New Hampshire $50 million 1.6% New Jersey $1.2 billion 3.7% New Mexico $454 million 7.5% New York $1.7 billion 3.0% North Carolina $800 million 3.7% Ohio $1.2 billion 4.2% Oregon $142 million 2.1% Pennsylvania $1.6 billion 5.6% Rhode Island $372 million 11.4% South Carolina $554 million 8.1% South Dakota $27 million 2.2% Tennessee $884 million 7.8% Utah $640 million 10.4% Vermont $66 million 5.4% Virginia $1.1 billion 6.7% Washington $509 million 3.3% Wisconsin $346 million 2.5%http://www.cbpp.org/9-8-08sfp.htm only 3 states have less of a deficit going into 09 Iowa democrat governormichigan democrat governormississippi republican governornew hampshire democrat governor oregon democrat governorAll but one has a democrat for governor and the worst of the bunch California with it's republican Governor.Once again republicans show their level of intelligence.
BigPrune (anonymous) says…
It's quite simple. She's a woman scorned because Obama didn't pick her as his running mate.