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February 9, 2009
MONDAY'S CAMPAIGN ROUND-UP....Today's installment of campaign-related news items that wouldn't generate a post of their own, but may be of interest to political observers. * The newly-elected chairman of the Republican National Committee, Michael Steele, is already facing his first scandal, with new evidence of suspicious expenditures from his 2006 Senate campaign in Maryland. Steele has denied wrongdoing and vowed to cooperate with FBI investigators. * The Democratic primary in Virginia's gubernatorial race is already heating up, with former House member Brian Moran taking a few veiled rhetorical shots at former DNC chairman Terry McAuliffe at a Jefferson-Jackson dinner on Saturday. * In Florida, Rep. Allen Boyd (D-Fla.), who recently announced that he isn't running for the Senate, will face a primary challenge this year from state Sen. Al Lawson. Boyd is a "Blue-Dog" Democrat, and was the only House Dem to support Bush's Social Security scheme in 2005. * We don't yet know Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius' (D) career plans, and she's reportedly a leading candidate to be the next HHS Secretary. But if she decides to run for the Senate next year in her home state, she'd enter the race as the frontrunner. * Norm Coleman may keep his appeals going in Minnesota for a very long time. —Steve Benen 12:00 PM Permalink | Trackbacks | Comments (9)Comments
Since the prospects for universal health care may be more dependent on the Dems' picking up a few more Senate seats in 2010 than on anything Sibelius might do as HHS secretary, I'd rather see her stay in Kansas and run for Senate next year. Posted by: low-tech cyclist on February 9, 2009 at 12:00 PM | PERMALINKGood for Brian Moran for the veiled comments. Maybe he will neutralize McAuliffe and Creigh Deeds will arise as the new frontrunner. Deeds is the best of the three candidates. Posted by: pol on February 9, 2009 at 12:06 PM | PERMALINKI would have preferred Dr Kitzhaber from Oregon, but, he has opted out. However, with these lengthy appeals, will it allow Coleman to undergo a successful conversion to becoming a Democrat, once again? Norm is never completely sure which way the winds may blow in Minnesota. He is attempting to emulate Tom Lehrer's "Be Prepared" song. Posted by: berttheclock on February 9, 2009 at 12:13 PM | PERMALINKIt's about time for the Democratic leadership in the Senate to seat Franken. This has gone way past ridiculous. Posted by: doubtful on February 9, 2009 at 12:20 PM | PERMALINK"We don't yet know Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius' (D) career plans, and she's reportedly a leading candidate to be the next HHS Secretary. But if she decides to run for the Senate next year in her home state, she'd enter the race as the frontrunner." If Obama is thinking long-term strategy, and I hope he is, then he should leave Sebelius in Kansas to run for the Senate. Why isn't Howard Dean on Obama's short list? Posted by: CJ on February 9, 2009 at 12:45 PM | PERMALINK"Steele spokesman Curt Anderson said he did not know what information the federal agents were seeking, but he dismissed Fabian's allegations as patently false. "It's from, what, a convicted felon? And it has no substantiation in fact," he said." Now would be an excellent time to dig up those fall GOP race baiting pamphlets about "birds of a feather flock together". Posted by: palinoscopy on February 9, 2009 at 1:15 PM | PERMALINKI agree with those before me who'd rather see Sibeleus in the Senate, than as HHS Secretary. Posted by: phoebes in santa fe on February 9, 2009 at 2:41 PM | PERMALINKCan Obama wait a little bit and hire Daschle as health care czar? It wouldn't require Senate confirmation and although the media would shout about it for a while, the important thing is to get the darned thing DONE. Interesting to hear Brooks say Obama should have stuck with Daschle (which I thought, too). Brooks too thinks Daschle is the one with the chops. (Tho now that Brooks has praised him, I'm starting to think maybe Daschle IS too close to the health insurance folk.) Posted by: Sarah Barracuda on February 9, 2009 at 3:41 PM | PERMALINK...the important thing is to get the darned thing DONE. -Sarah Barracuda I still haven't heard anyone make the case that Daschle could get it done. His history would indicate he too interested in his own personal gain and working the system to be an effective advocate for change. I thank him for being anti-Clinton enough to help Obama get started, but, as far as I'm concerned, his service ends thus. He's a lobbyist, plain and simple (whether he registers or not), and he needs to stay far away from the Administration. Posted by: doubtful on February 9, 2009 at 5:09 PM | PERMALINK
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