
At this point in the game my spidey sense says there was something that took her out of the running, but I'm just a suspicious broad like that.
Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius, mentioned as a potential veep and then as a likely secretary of labor, emailed Kansas reporters that she's taking herself out of the mix, the Kansas City Star reports.
Her choice leaves unclear whether Obama will pick a prominent labor secretary — Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm has also been mentioned — to speak for labor on the economic team, or a lower profile one whose job could be largely to reorient the Department of Labor.
Sebelius, like other governors, face a very tough few years running a cash-strapped state.