Thu, Nov 26 2009
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Kansas: Governor endorsing Obama for president “It is simply an attempt by the governor to increase her national visibility at the expense of the people of Kansas,” he said.
Also questioning the significance of Sebelius’ endorsement was Dan Lykins, the state Democratic Party’s treasurer and co-chairman of Hillary Rodham Clinton’s presidential campaign in Kansas. “What really counts is not who endorses someone, but who gets out and votes in the caucuses and a lot of them have already made up their minds,” Lykins said. Clinton has three paid staffers in Kansas and opened offices earlier this month in Kansas City, Topeka and Wichita. Obama opened his Kansas headquarters in Lawrence in October and has 18 staff members in the state. Kansas Democrats will have caucuses at 50 sites on Super Tuesday to split up 32 of their 41 delegates to the Democratic National Convention this summer in Denver. Sebelius is one of the remaining nine delegates who will represent the state. Some Obama supporters were jubilant to learn that Sebelius’ endorsement, rumored for months, was official. “The momentum already was going Obama’s way and this will be like a gust of wind and put him over the top,” said Rep. L. Candy Ruff, of Leavenworth. Joe Brichacek, a high school senior from Hesston, described himself as an undecided voter before Obama’s speech. Afterward, he said he was “pretty far convinced” to vote for Obama. “The endorsement of Governor Sebelius means something to me,” said Brichacek, who turns 18 before the November election, making him eligible to participate in the caucuses. Before traveling to El Dorado, Sebelius said her two “20-something” sons and 86-year-old father, former Ohio Gov. John Gilligan, already were backing Obama. In El Dorado, she joked: “I’m here because my two sons are driving me crazy.” For Obama, it was another in a string of high-profile endorsements in the past two days, following those from Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass.; his son, Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I.; and Caroline Kennedy, daughter of President Kennedy. But Lykins said Clinton has strong support in Kansas among labor unions and “regular Democrats” who have long been active in the party. “He’s a good speaker, but that in and of itself should not determine who you should vote for,” Lykins said of Obama. “He can say what he’s going to do, but he hasn’t done it. She’s done it.” 
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