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news.yahoo.com - 2/8/2009

Official: Sebelius near top for health post (AP)

— news.yahoo.com — AP - Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius was very near the top of President Barack Obama's list of... candidates to head the Health and Human Services Department, a senior administration official said Saturday. (more) Official: Sebelius near top for health post (AP)

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thehill.com - 2/9/2009

Sebelius early leader for Kan. Senate seat

— thehill.com — Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (D) would be a clear favorite in a 2010 Senate race against two... GOP opponents, a poll found Friday. A Research 2000 poll conducted for the liberal blog Daily Kos found that Sebelius leads Reps. Jerry Moran and Todd ... (more) Sebelius early leader for Kan. Senate seat

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google.com - 2/8/2009

The Associated Press: Official: Sebelius near top for health post

— google.com — 15 hours ago WASHINGTON (AP) Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius was very near the top of President Barack... Obama's list of candidates to head the Health and Human Services Department, a senior administration official said Saturday. The source, speaking on ... (more) The Associated Press: Official: Sebelius near top for ...

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Sebelius Would be Strong in Senate Bid
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — A new Research 2000/DailyKos poll in shows Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (D) would be a very strong candidate for U.S. Senate in 2010, leading two likely Republicans challengers by double digits. Sebelius also has a very solid 56% to 37% approval rate in a what is generally considered a safe Republican state.

KS-Sen: Sebelius Could Win (If She Ran)
Swing State Project — Research 2000 for Daily Kos (2/2-4, registered voters): Kathleen Sebelius (D): 47 Todd Tiahrt (R): 37 Kathleen Sebelius (D): 48 Jerry Moran (R): 36 (MoE: ±4%) Todd Tiahrt (R): 24 Jerry Moran (R): 19 Undecided: 57 (MoE: ±5%) The race for the open Senate seat in Kansas looks to be Kathleen Sebelius's for the taking, if she would just show up (and hopefully these numbers will pique her interest). Research 2000 finds that the Kansas governor leads ...

TPMDC Saturday Roundup
TPM Election Central — ... A new Research 2000 poll shows that Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius, who is not at this time a candidate for Senate, ahead of two Republican Congressmen in the open-seat race. Sebelius leads Rep. Todd Tiahrt by 47%-37%, and is ahead of Rep. Jerry Moran by 48%-36%. The last time a Democrat won a Kansas Senate race was in the first FDR landslide of 1932. ...

Senate Rankings, February 2009 Edition
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right — ... Good news for Democrats: governor Kathleen Sebelius, who will be term-limited in 2010, rates as a 10-point favorite against a couple of well-known Republican opponents. Bad news for Democrats: she ...

A [Bleeping] Valuable Thing
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right — If there's anything Democrats have learned during the stimulus debate, it's that a tremendous amount of power rests within the hands of a relatively few individuals. These individuals are a group of perhaps a dozen moderate Senators -- on the Republican side, Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins of Maine, Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, George Voinovich of Ohio, Dick Lugar of Indiana, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, and Bonnie Newman of New Hampshire, and on the Democratic side, Ben Nelson of Nebraska, Evan Bayh of Indiana, Claire McCaskill of Missouri, Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor of Arkansas, and Mary Landrieu of Louisiana. The success -- or failure -- of the ...

HHS Rumors Focus on Bredersen, DeLauro, Sebelius
Open Left - Front Page — Current rumors on President Obama's candidate to head the department of Health and Human Services seem to be focusing on three candidates: Tennessee Governor Phil Bredersen, Connecticut Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, and Kansas Govenror Kathleen Sebelius. ...

Are Cabinet Positions Better Than Statewide Office?
Open Left - Front Page — Yesterday, Kathleen Sebelius emerged as the Obama administration's top choice to lead the department of Health and Human Services. I was disappointed, partially because I thought Rosa DeLauro would be a more effective, more progressive choice ...

Moran leads Tiahrt 39-35 in SUSA poll
News — Moran leads Tiahrt 39-35 in SUSA poll Rep. Jerry Moran leads Rep. Todd Tiahrt in the Kansas GOP Senate primary within the margin of error, according to a new SurveyUSA poll. The poll showed Moran leading Tiahrt 39-35, just inside the margin of error. It also showed the man vacating the Senate seat, Sen. Sam Brownback (R), dominating the GOP gubernatorial primary, 64-17 over Secretary of State Ron Thornburgh. The Senate race is a de facto general election at this point, with the strong GOP lean of the state and the fact that Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (D) has been appointed to President Obama’s cabinet. A Moran poll from January showed ...

KS-Sen: Moran Has Narrow Lead Over Tiahrt
Swing State Project — ... Rep. Jerry Moran, playing for Team Main Street, currently holds an insignificant lead over Rep. Todd Tiahrt from Team Megachurch. (Interestingly, although he has the more moderate record, Moran represents much more conservative turf than Tiahrt: the rural KS-01 in the western half of the state, with a new PVI of R+23.) The only previous public poll of the primary (from R2K) had Tiahrt up slightly at 24-19, so at this point, it mostly seems to be a battle of name recognition, as each representative seems to play strongest in his own CD. In the crosstabs, Tiahrt leads 60-23 in the ...