The New York Times is reporting that President Obama will appoint Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (D) as his Secretary of Health and Human Services.
The Times reports that the only reason that the announcement has not been made official is that the administration wants to conduct as thorough a vetting process as possible to avoid another Tom Daschle-esque cabinet controversy.
Of course, if Sebelius is appointed, that would effectively eliminate the possibility that she would run for her state's open Senate seat in 2010. Early polling showed that she would have a double-digit lead over Rep. Jerry Moran and Rep. Todd Tiahrt--the two leading Republican candidates for the seat.
Sebelius was considered to be the only Democrat who could have any chance of putting the seat in the play for them. So if she joins Obama's cabinet, this race will be permanently fall in the "Safe GOP" category, and whoever comes out of the Republican primary--whether it be Moran or Tiahrt--will be the next U.S. Senator from the state of Kansas.
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