Liberal bloggers have Gov. Kathleen Sebelius’ future all figured out.
Scout Finch wrote on the Daily Kos: “Now that she has formally withdrawn herself for consideration of a Cabinet position, let’s hope it is a signal she does intend to run for Senate in 2010. She has the best opportunity to win in generations, and it sure would be nice to finally see some Jayhawk blue representation in Washington.”
Jonathan Singer wrote on MyDD: “Having her on the outside, potentially running for the Senate two years from now, could actually do more to help Obama and the Democratic Party in the long run.”
The Booman Tribune said: “I’m happy to hear it, not because I don’t think Sebelius deserves to be in the Cabinet, but because she is the only Democrat capable of winning Sam Brownback’s Senate seat in 2010.”
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Liberals get ‘wood’ on just about anything that is counter to mainstream America.
Yeah, who won the election again Regular?
Dare we HOPE for a semi intelligent future in national politics for this otherwise backwater state.
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Political_mama
Posted December 14, 2008 at 6:47 am | Permalink
Yeah, who won the election again Regular?
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I don’t care.
You liberals bought it, now you’ll have to live with the results regardless of the outcome.
Yes, Kansas moderates also want Gov. Sebelius to run for Brownback’s vacating Senate seat. Ms. Sebelius can be easily beaten by either Kansas Democratic Congressman, Dennis Moore, representing northeast Kansas but from Wichita, and/or Kansas Republican Congressman, Jerry Moran from out around Hays but whose district curves around the big cities to include much of rural Kansas.
The big problem would be an epic battle between Dennis Moore and Jerry Moran would cause the State of Kansas to loose the developing political abilities of one of these two fine Kansas Congressmen.
God I know so. It has to be better than what cons have done.
Its ok regular i expect you to defend, deflect, deny just like a good con.
I love how Rhonda said liberals, as if Kansas is just full of liberals who elected Sebelius. Its not just liberals who love Sebelius.
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Regular
Posted December 14, 2008 at 6:51 am | Permalink
I don’t care.
You liberals bought it, now you’ll have to live with the results regardless of the outcome.
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The real beauty of it is, Libs are going to get a pass on blame since Americans blame Republicans for most of the mess we’re in. It’s the “Bush War” and it’ll be the “Bush Recession/Depression”.
It was a Republican administration that doubled the debt and increased the size of government by 33%.
There’s something to be said for electing someone with brains vs someone you’d like to have a beer with.
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XXX
Posted December 14, 2008 at 8:42 am | Permalink
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Regular
Posted December 14, 2008 at 6:51 am | Permalink
I don’t care.
You liberals bought it, now you’ll have to live with the results regardless of the outcome.
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The real beauty of it is, Libs are going to get a pass on blame since Americans blame Republicans for most of the mess we’re in. It’s the “Bush War” and it’ll be the “Bush Recession/Depression”.
It was a Republican administration that doubled the debt and increased the size of government by 33%.
There’s something to be said for electing someone with brains vs someone you’d like to have a beer with.
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It’s that liberal spin again.
Right now they are finding the prison in GITMO not to be such a bad idea. Odd don’t you think?
Iran is a success story.
The economy is a result of over zealous credit mongers and greedy people making crap from non-existent hay.
“Right now they are finding the prison in GITMO not to be such a bad idea. Odd don’t you think?”
–No, it is not at all odd that you mischaracterize the USA’s relationship with GITMO. It’s perfectly consistently short-sighted of you.
What’s happening is that the incoming administration hasn’t decided the WAY to de-institutionalize institutions like GITMO. The WAY, not the existence.
If you think more GITMOs are in the USA’s future under Obama, you are mistaken.
“Iran is a success story.”
–wtf?
“The economy is a result of over zealous credit mongers and greedy people making crap from non-existent hay.”
–There will always be “over zealous credit mongers” and greedy people: always. This is human nature.
What’s different here is a total lack of oversight by Bush.
If Iran is a success story in your book, then no wonder you think torture is perfectly fine.
Pedant
Posted December 14, 2008 at 9:01 am
If Iran is a success story in your book, then no wonder you think torture is perfectly fine.
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You have something against Arab people?
Iranians aren’t Arabs.
Isn’t there a blog somewhere that needs your expertise as a former HAZMAT inspector? Why do you come here to screw stuff up?
Pedant
Posted December 14, 2008 at 9:05 am | Permalink
Iranians aren’t Arabs.
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I didn’t address Iran, now did I?
So do you hold hate for Arab people?
Regular
Posted December 14, 2008 at 8:48 am | Permalink
Iran is a success story.
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Regular
Posted December 14, 2008 at 9:08 am | Permalink
I didn’t address Iran, now did I?
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Yes, dipsh*t, you did.
Well, I guess I did, I meant Iraq obviously.
So, you never answered the question, why do you hate Arabs?
Or, is all you have are insults?
What’s your profession?
Or, are you embarrassed to state it?
I’m guessing you are embarrassed to state it.
Obviously, Virginia is not kind to you and you feel the need to return to Kansas to find your grounding.
“There’s something to be said for electing someone with brains vs someone you’d like to have a beer with.”
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Couldn’t agree more.
And yes there is some beauty in having the chips fall where they belong, with Bush.
Finally.
XXX
Posted December 14, 2008 at 8:42 am | Permalink
The real beauty of it is, Libs are going to get a pass on blame since Americans blame Republicans for most of the mess we’re in. It’s the “Bush War” and it’ll be the “Bush Recession/Depression”.
It was a Republican administration that doubled the debt and increased the size of government by 33%.
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So far Obama owns 0% of the problem, no more than 50% of the downside to any solution (tops), and 100% of the upside to any solution.
It’s a very good time to be Barack Obama, no doubt.
Regular
Posted December 14, 2008 at 6:34 am | Permalink
Liberals get ‘wood’ on just about anything that is counter to mainstream America.
Regular
Posted December 14, 2008 at 9:16 am | Permalink
Well, I guess I did, I meant Iraq obviously.
So, you never answered the question, why do you hate Arabs?
Or, is all you have are insults?
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Seems to me to be the pot, who admittedly doesn’t care, is attempting to call the pan black. Not too odd when one considers the source.
Official History Spotlights Iraq Rebuilding Blunders
By JAMES GLANZ and T. CHRISTIAN MILLER
Published: December 13, 2008
BAGHDAD — An unpublished 513-page federal history of the American-led reconstruction of Iraq depicts an effort crippled before the invasion by Pentagon planners who were hostile to the idea of rebuilding a foreign country, and then molded into a $100 billion failure by bureaucratic turf wars, spiraling violence and ignorance of the basic elements of Iraqi society and infrastructure.
Among the overarching conclusions of the history is that five years after embarking on its largest foreign reconstruction project since the Marshall Plan in Europe after World War II, the United States government has in place neither the policies and technical capacity nor the organizational structure that would be needed to undertake such a program on anything approaching this scale.
The bitterest message of all for the reconstruction program may be the way the history ends. The hard figures on basic services and industrial production compiled for the report reveal that for all the money spent and promises made, the rebuilding effort never did much more than restore what was destroyed during the invasion and the convulsive looting that followed.
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Yeah, I guess if you are willing do dumb down American standards low enough, then Iraq is a success.
I sure hope we can come together, as Americans, and agree that American success is something a bit bolder than “not screwing stuff up any worse than it was 6 years ago.”
Although lord knows GW Bush can’t even claim that much.
The history records how Mr. Garner presented Mr. Rumsfeld with several rebuilding plans, including one that would include projects across Iraq.
“What do you think that’ll cost?” Mr. Rumsfeld asked of the more expansive plan.
“I think it’s going to cost billions of dollars,” Mr. Garner [Jay Garner] said.
“My friend,” Mr. Rumsfeld replied, “if you think we’re going to spend a billion dollars of our money over there, you are sadly mistaken.”
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LOL
Don Rumsfeld, our man in Iraq.
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Pedant
Posted December 14, 2008 at 9:19 am | Permalink
And yes there is some beauty in having the chips fall where they belong, with Bush.
Finally.
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And Pedant, let’s not leave out Bush’s Republican cohorts. Credit where credit is due. There’s plenty of blame to go around.
Why would they be excited. According to the Eagle, she’s a moderate.
It looks like Moore is staying put, that leaves Tiahrt and Moran to fight it out, plus what ever Democrat joins in, with Sebelius being the only one who has chance of beating a republican. If Tiahrt runs for the Senate that leaves his seat open and no doubt many people will make a run for that one. Certainly increases the chances that Raj Goyle can pick it up
Don’t both candidates(Moran & Sebelius) have to be nominated by their respective party to run in the general election? Nomination isn’t a given for neither person. Despite his faults Moran isn’t a Brownback neocon. I’m certain the national GOP do do all they can to insure a Brownback neocon runs in the general election. The reason the 1st. district is geographically convoluted, is that KS doesn’t have the population for an additional district for the Republican controlled state legislator to create 2 “rural” districts. The 1st.’s geographical size may not be an advantage if voters in the other more populous districts finally figure out the taxes they pay to subsidize agriculture in the 1st. district do no trickle down that far at all. Hell they don’t trickle down that far within the 1st. district, in all the districts for that matter.
3 seats of the Kansas Federal deligation no held by Republicans will be up for grabs, time will tell if their confidence is warranted. To be sure it’s set to be one of the smarmiest campaign seasons is recent history, the national level repulicrat party is sure to be involved. Reinforce your BS filters folks.
Pedant
What’s different here is a total lack of oversight by Bush.
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There was oversight by Bush. He or one of his cronies noticed the editorial letter by Spitzer, laying out bush’s complicity in the financial mis-doings, before they came to a head. Spitzer was neutralized. Not surprising, as too many Americans pay more attention to other’s illicit screwing around, to notice who’s screwing them
Spitzer was a dumbass who screwed himself. Don’t try to blame that one on Republicans. He was going to be your great white hope after all. Him writing for Salon is about par for the course. Actually he probably has a higher IQ than most of the writers on staff for Salon.