Paul West - Obama HHS pick: Mikulski?

Paul West - Obama HHS pick: Mikulski?

February 3, 2009

http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/local/politics/2009/02/mikulski_for_hhs.html

Unconfirmed rumors began seeping out of Capitol Hill late today that Maryland Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski is under consideration for the suddenly vacant position of Secretary of Health and Human Services.

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Mikulski, who is up for re-election in 2010, has already begun raising funds for a re-election bid, though she has not formally announced her intention to run. She was first elected to the Senate in 1986.

She would turn 80 in the final year of her next term, if she were to be re-elected, which she almost certainly would if she ran. Mikulski regularly ranks as the most popular elected official in the state and no serious Republican candidate is likely to take her on.

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