google.com - 2/8/2009
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14 hours ago WASHINGTON (AP) Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius is near the top of President Barack Obama's list of candidates to head the Health and Human Services Department at least partially on the strength of her long and close working relationship with the president, a senior administration ...
news.yahoo.com - 2/8/2009
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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.
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Official: Sebelius near top for health post
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nytimes.com - 2/8/2009
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The populist rage coursing through America is bigger
than President Obama, Tom Daschle’s tax bill, or any...
bailed-out C.E.O.’s bonus. >
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Op-Ed Columnist: Slumdogs Unite!
nytimes.com - 2/4/2009
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WASHINGTON On 9/11, President Bush learned of disaster
while reading “The Pet Goat” to grade-school kids. On...
Tuesday, President Obama escaped from disaster by reading “The Moon Over Star” to grade-school kids.“We were just tired of being in the White ...
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Op-Ed Columnist - Well, That Certainly Didn’t Take ...
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Senate Rankings, February 2009 Edition
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right —
... run. This increases the chances that the Republicans will make the mistake of nominating Tom Tancredo, in which case Bennet should win by double digits. Against a more moderate Republican, Bennet is probably a slight favorite. 10. Kansas (R-Open) 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 may be Barack Obama's HHS nominee instead. 11. Illinois (D-Burris) ...
‘Daschle Debacle’ Has Obama Team Scrambling For HHS Nominee
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... Both governors have high approval ratings in Republican states. Both have substantial experience in the health care arena. Sebelius was Kansas’ insurance commissioner for eight years before becoming governor. Bredesen became a self-made millionaire in the health care industry before becoming mayor of Nashville and governor of Tennessee. Both supported Barack Obama on the campaign trail, although Obama ultimately carried neither Kansas nor Tennessee. At this point, Sebelius probably has the edge over Bredesen. But is she really the smart choice for Obama to make? Sebelius is ...
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Official: Sebelius near top for health post - Yahoo! News
news.yahoo.com 2/8/2009 — WASHINGTON Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius was 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 the condition of ...
Kathleen Sebelius Near Top For Health And Human Services Secretary
huffingtonpost.com 2/8/2009 — WASHINGTON — 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 the ...
Why do we need a tax cheat as head of the HHS?
betsyspage.blogspot.com 2/1/2009 — Sure, maybe we needed Geithner at Treasury. Some well-respected people thought he was the perfect nominee and, in a time of crisis, the president needed to have the man he wanted at Treasury. But Tom Daschle? How unique are his skills? As Yuval Levin ...
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obsidianwings.blogs.com 2/4/2009 — by hilzoy As you are all undoubtedly aware, Tom Daschle has asked that his nomination as Secretary of HHS be withdrawn, and Obama has agreed. As I wrote a few days ago, I think this is a good thing. I think Daschle would have been an immense ...
More On Daschle
washingtonmonthly.com 2/4/2009 — More On Daschle As Steve noted earlier, Tom Daschle has asked that his nomination as Secretary of HHS be withdrawn, and Obama has agreed. As I wrote a few days ago, I think this is a good thing. I think...
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Reuters: Politics 2/8/2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top aides to President Barack Obama on Sunday urged Democratic and Republican lawmakers to set aside political differences and give anticipated final approval this week to a massive economic stimulus package.
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Yahoo! News: Politics News 2/8/2009
Politico - Barack Obama's campaign manager will give a paid speech to "a pro-government NGO and mouthpiece of the president's office" in a post-Soviet autocracy with a major interest in American energy policy, according to a report.
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