MSNBC Sources : Kathleen Sebelius for Education or Energy Secretary

[Thrill]

Wow. Are womens groups still worried his administration will be dominated by men?

[FrenchieCat]

1. Personally, the "Sources" are exhausting me.

They seem to know things that even Prez Elect Obama doesn't know.

[ErinBerin84]

2. Chuck Todd said

she was being vetted for Labor secretary (and he mentioned energy) this morning...so I guess she is being vetted for numerous positions, heh.

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/

"Another governor to keep an eye on today as the next potential "leaked" pick: Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius. The vetting process is well under way for her, and the most likely spot for her appears to be Labor secretary, although she might also wind up at Energy. But Labor makes the most sense, as both the business community and labor seem to be fans."

[Buzz Clik]

3. My sources tell me that Sebelius is female.

Other sources assure me that Hillary Clinton is female, too.

[ellacott]

17. You've got good sources

:)

[mmonk]

18. Be sure to verify.

:rofl:

[Buzz Clik]

21. Yeah. The old Mick Dundee crotch check, no doubt.

[mmonk]

24. It works.

No mistakes mate.

[ecstatic]

4. Is she unable to run for governor again ? nt

[AllentownJake]

6. She's in her 2nd term

so probably not. Most states have term limits on Govenor.

[TheWraith]

11. That's correct. KS Governor is term-limited. nt

[dubyaD40web]

5. Energy Sec would be better.

She's doing wonders here in KS with wind power. But, I'd rather see her take Brownback's Senate seat when he retires after this term. It's her's to lose.

[msongs]

7. at least she's not a clinton era retread...is she? nt

[ecstatic]

9. well, there does seem to be crickets regarding this choice

I guess it's only necessary to comment on "controversial" picks? :shrug:

[TheWraith]

13. She has nothing at all to do with the Clintons.

She's strictly out of Kansas politics: legislature, Insurance Commissioner, Governor.

[TahitiNut]

8. God help us ... no more ethanol shit. Please.

Drive up food prices by driving? Insane.

[bunnies]

10. He's clearly just mocking the womens groups by chosing so many of them.

Everyone knows Obama is anti-woman.
:sarcasm:

[TheWraith]

12. Woo hoo! Sebelius for EdSec was one of my "too good to be true" picks.

I'm glad she's getting a bigger job. She's term-limited of course, and sharp as a razor.

I hope this is true. I just hope that the media isn't jumping at all sorts of rumors.

[alsame]

14. Good, I hope she gets one of those positions. I didn't know too

much about her before this year's campaign, but I saw her a lot on TV as an Obama surrogate and was very impressed with her.

[mmonk]

15. I would like to see her get something

though I'm glad she has been one of our nation's governors.

[Sebastian Doyle]

16. I'm sick of whore media speculation

Which, just like Wall Street speculation, only fucks things up worse. Having said that, I don't think a Sebelius appointment would shock anyone, as she's been in the Obama camp for some time.

If she's chosen at Energy, I would hope she's more about wind and other alternatives than trying to replace ExxonMobil with Monsanto and ADM. FrankenCorn based biofuels are not a solution to anything. Time to switch that to another source material.

I guess my other question would be, how does this impact Kansas? Would she be replaced by a Democrat if she left the governor's office? Just as the case with Arizona, it's probably not all that wise to remove Democrats from states where they aren't all that easy to elect.

[TheKentuckian]

19. Ehh...Kansas isn't a viable flip so we can afford to take Sebelius

but yeah lets start thinking kelp and hemp for biofuels, not foodstuffs. Corn and even soy are lamebrain concepts and much more limited than other options readily available.

[scheming daemons]

20. I work for the DOEnergy..... I would LOVE for Sebelius to be my new boss....

[Rosa Luxemburg]

22. If Energy Secretary she should look into Cheney's past

[high density]

23. Sources = something we pulled out of our ass to talk about

When you fail at reporting the news, you try to create it instead.

[Clio the Leo]

25. Thank you, I had wondered what happened to her.....

.... before I was introduced to the wonderful glory that is Joe Biden, she was my fav. for the VP slot.