Governor stumps for state senate candidate

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Governor Sebelius was out hoofing it today, campaigning for Kansas State Senate member Laura Kelly.

The governor spoke on Kelly's behalf at a rally this morning at the senator's home in Topeka.

She even knocked on a door to drum up support for Senator Kelly, who can't walk after breaking her leg in a parade.

After campaigning, Sebelius took the time to talk about the state of the economy and how the bailout bill is necessary because the financial mess is now affecting small businesses.

"I was in Colorado yesterday and I visited with a woman who has a bakery and who is a chef in Pueblo, who is trying to get a loan for a new restaurant," the Governor said. "Credit is frozen. She has a great credit record, paid off two USAB loans, no problem with her, it's frozen, and I heard the same story over and over again this is now impacting small business owners."

Sebelius hopes Congress will act soon on a bill with strong oversight, and says taxpayers could actually benefit in the crisis from owning assets that regain value in the marketplace.

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Oct. 1, 2008 at 5:59 p.m. (Suggest removal)situveux1 (anonymous)

WOW! She even knocked on A DOOR? Amazing! What a governor we have, knocking on one door for her crippled friend! I wonder how many doors she knocked on for her friend Obama?

Oct. 2, 2008 at 4:16 p.m. (Suggest removal)parkay (anonymous)

Bilious Sebelius will stop campaigning for Obamanation, because he says he is now pro-life.
. . .
Believe it or not, a Matthew 25 Network group claiming to be made up of Christians has posted a grossly misleading web page claiming that Obamanation is pro-life and wants to reduce the number of abortions through government handouts and taxing the rich.
Obamanation will in reality do absolutely nothing that would reduce or threaten abortion mill profits. Furthermore, he plans to overturn state and federal bans on partial-birth, live-birth, post-viable, and underage abortions, to appoint strictly pro-abortion federal judges, and to heavily increase taxpayer funding for abortions, actions which all increase the number of abortions.

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