Sebelius Update

As an early convert to Ezra’s Sebelius-for-Veep bandwagon, I have to say this doesn’t dissuade me. In addition, the piece is interesting because–like the surprisingly vigorous campaign to overturn the radical new abortion law in South Dakota–it suggests that the market for hard-right cultural conservatism is considerably less robust than is sometime believed, especially outside the Deep South. Kansas panty-sniffer-in-chief Phil Kline, in particular, seems to have done some politically damaging overreaching:

Morrison, the Democratic candidate for attorney general, says that it took more than a call from Sebelius to persuade him to switch. Morrison, who calls himself a “very, very moderate person,” felt that incumbent Phill Kline had turned the attorney general’s office into a platform for partisan politics. Kline made headlines when he attempted to access the medical records of Kansas women who’d had abortions. “So much time and energy,” Morrison says, “is being spent on pursuing a narrow partisan agenda that most people don’t agree with.”

Nice to see some victories, however modest…