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Dear Comrads,

Don't worry the party will do what is good for the people.
The party knows best in these matters.
All that is required is that you remain silent and pay your taxes.

Oh. like it really matters if a policy advisor is there. The Department of Health should be capable of running on remote control. It needs no cabinet member to operate.

People who oppose abortions... don't have one!!! Leave the rest of us alone!!! I am so sick of your holier-than-art-thou B.S.!!! And then the same people don't want to help out FELLOW Americans who are in poverty or lives in "bad" neighborhoods. Please! Stop the madness! American Women WANT to keep abortion legal. GET OUT OF THEIR LIVES!!!

I don't understand why or how one Senator can block a nomination when it's obvious the nomination will pass. I think the Senate needs to amend some of these archaic and obstructionist rules, but I suppose that would require cooperation between the two parties so it won't happen. We need Sibelium in charge of HHS now, and her views on abortion should be a moot point. Of course, she's pro-choice; so's the entire Obama administration and they were approved by the voters. As for her income tax problem; that was a pretty minor point. There was an innocent error on our 2008 taxes. In our case, it worked in our favor, but it could just as easily have gone the other way.
It might be interesting if the IRS published the percent of tax returns that have errors. I suspect the number would be pretty high.

Wake up America...

8 years of denial put us in a catastrophe.

Thanks to GOP Senator Collins, money for epidemics was removed from the stimulus.

Now, we're facing a potential epidemic without a Health and Human Services Secretary.

World Health Organization raised the pandemic level to 4 today.
5 means widespread human infection.

Women choose to have legal abortions; they have been able to do so since Roe vs Wade. Governor Sebelius is not taking people by the hand and getting them to abortion clinics; she is simply going along with the law of the land. If abortions were to become illegal again, women will find a "butcher" to perform an unsafe abortion for them.

Choosing to have an abortion is a woman/family's personal choice, now that it is legal. Morally, many people will never choose even though it is now legal. It is a person's or family's.

In all honesty, many of these same "conservatives" and so called catholics have already had abortions; their daughters/girlfriends/mistresses have had abortions and they probably know someone who have had an abortion.

Remember, when you point one of your fingers at someone, THREE are pointing back at YOU.

Love the irony of GOP obstructionism! And, they keep doing it to themselves....fabulous!

This just reminded me why I haven't logged on to this site in days...

Here is the summary of all of the "news" on CNN:

1. Michele is soooooo fabulous

2. Palin is soooooo crazy

3. Obama is soooooo smart, handsome, hardworking, capable...how lucky we are the he came to save us...

4. It rained today- it's GOPs fault

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Summary of all of the comments on CNN:

1. It's Bush's fault

2. It's Bush's fault

3. It's Bush's fault

4. It's Bush's fault

5. Anyone who disagrees with me is stupid, evil, ugly, fat, redneck, close-minded, bigot, racist, neo this and neo that....but, I am such an understanding "intellectual"- in fact I am so smart that I can even explain and justify my own hypocrisies.

6. All rich people are evil (unless they are liberal)

7. gimme, gimme, gimme

8. Dinosaurs are extinct- and that is all Bush's and GOP's fault

8. Did I say that it's all Bush's fault

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I guess nothing changed on CNN! Surprise! Surprise!

This is ridiculous, blaming the GOP for not nominating Sebelius. I thought there were enough Democrats on the hill to do the job without Republicans.

We already know how Republicans run essential heatlh services, we saw it when AIDS emerged in the early 1980s. Reagan and the GOP were initially quite pleased about AIDS because they thought it was mostly a disease of drug addicts and gays...and not "good" people like themselves. They, therefore, did NOTHING.

In fact, the entire GOP philosophy of health care is based on their twisted faith; Republicans simply pray that pestilence and famine (and hurricanes like Katrina) only kills the bad people (e.g., you know, gays, minorities, Democrats, etc.). Republicans actually don't do ANYTHING to prepare for such events.

What grade would you give Barack Obama on his presidency so far?

34.19% A+
12.03% B
5.97% C
7.57% D
2.53% E
37.73% F-

From US NEWS and World REPORT....non biased....unlike MSM...get with the program CNN!!

Yes, that's right: the GOP is causing the swine flu outbreak. Gee, wonder why they didn't do that on 4th of Nov in areas they knew would vote for Obama...

A crisis is not a reason to approve a cabinet memeber look what we got with Treasury, someone who runs the IRS but cannot pay his taxes because the rule s are confusing and wants to print money we do not have.

@Barbara....thanks, I did get what I voted for. A responsible President and an inistration that is, " of the people, by the people, and for the people."

BTW.........did you fall for that WMD fear mongering nonsense that was shoved down our throats for many, long and TORTUROUS years? We "libruls, commies, socialists, or whatever lame label you would like to insert here are quite capable of thinking for ourselves. Your ilk, however, rely on the moronic rhetoric that pollutes many AM radio stations and Fox News to muster up your thoughts.

Get over yourself and in the future, proofread your comments. You may be regarded as slightly more credible......just slightly,since the content of your post will still remain ......well, ignornant and ridiculous.

Has anyone ever considered how ludicrous it is for government employees to be unionized?

Never let a crisis go to waist!
The Dems new mantra!

I fail to see how here confirmation would have any bearing on the current flu virus.
She's not even qualified for the position.

The swine flu is totally treatable with Tamiflu and Relenza.
The people are dying in Mexico because they have a terrible health care system. Kind of like the one Obama wants to put in place.

Most union members are greedy pigs. Does this mean they are more likely to swine flu.

For all those thugs who claim that the reason Sebelius is not being confirmed is because of her taxes is pure BS. She's not being confirmed because the sanctimonious, holier than thou Rethugs who mouth on and on about their personal liberty don't like it if they're not snooping into your bedroom or telling you what to do with your body. But they sure do believe in states rights and the federal government not getting into their business, UNLESS, of course it has something to do with favoring a woman's right to choose. HYPOCRITES, you don't know how to govern and you don't know how to be a productive opposition party. Why don't you move and become Taliban so that you can condemn anybody who doesn't abide by your rules?

It is not that she is pro-choice. I don't support her because she supports late term abortions.

Meaning she supports the lives of babies (who can live outside the womb) being snuffed out.

Well.......the Grand Obstructionist Party is doing what it does best....screw up this country. Hope Bush/Cheney get the swine flu...they're big pigs!!!

I love the red-herring the right-wing lunatics are throwing out, 'The Swine flu wasn't caused by the GOP.'

No, but our ability to prepare has been. You neo-cons just don't care about anyone it seems, but yourselves. You're are a disgrace to the USA.

It's hard to differentiate the swine and the flu from the Republican policy of obstructionism.

Being pro-choice is not out of the mainstream. It is right-wing fundalmentalists and the Republican politicians that pander to them that is out of the mainstream.

"Roy April 27th, 2009 4:20 pm ET

This is how low these LOSER Democrats have sunk. Wow, this is sad."

Roy, perhaps you misread the story, or are just a moron. It is the GOP who have sunk low. Wow! What flavor is your cool-aid?

So, not the Republican Nazi Committee is will to let people die just to make a political point about abortion???

Any supposed "christian" that supports this despicable act, I for one hope you get swine flu and therefore reap what you sow!

You are playing games with people's lives you ignorant, moronic knuckle-draggers!

Sebilius supports late term abortions and has serious issues regarding not paying taxes.

The Liberal Senate is now blaming the GOP because of Swine Flu? How utterly one-sided this article is! C'com CNN, leave this blatent left-wing b.s. To MSNBC!

I have a better line of attack to address the GOP'ers: HuffingtonPost is reporting that Senator Susan Collins and other Gop'ers removed the portion of the stimulus package that approiates pandemic preparedness funds.........huh? Who knew that cutting "pork" from the stimulus would lead to "swine-flu" unpreparedness?.. Wait it gets better –do you remember Govenor Jindal's rant and ridicule against the stimulus portion that funds Volcanic activity monitoring–well we know what happened dont we –Mt. Redoubt promptly erupted shortly thereafter and thanks to the volcanic monitoring agency–they were able to warn residents, as well as divert airline flights in the area, so as to avert disaster. Iv'e got one more for ya–Remember gov Rick Perry's flirting with and threatning secession if the Fed gvnmt kept thumbing their noses and meddeling in states business–well as it turned out, The swine flu has hit Texas- and now the once boisterous Gov Perry is asking the same Fed gvnmt for help in controlling the outbreak. Thats 0 for 3 so far...Talk about ironic.

RE: Roy's comment. Hey buddy. "LOSER" dems you said? I'm pretty sure the Democrats have won it all since 2006!

none of these Obama appointees pay their taxes-–why do we want them?????

Republican Senators are the real epidemic...

Now the Party of NO is willing to take the CHANCE that someone may die just so they can obstruct the approval of HHS head?

All to prove a point to the rabid right?

Those are "christian" value that I want NO part of.

All the repuke committee member should be FORCED to attend the funerals of any flu victim(s) and indicate why the republican party was more important than the victim to the victim's loved ones left behind!

So, SEIU, you only like ONE type of extremist, is that it? Sebelius is about as extreme as they come, and should not be confirmed.

Swine Flu..... it's what they call it when Michelle gets a cold.

Y'all act like Kathleen is going to step in and save the world from the flu. I think not.

.....And as the swine flu looms over the country, we are told to "see your doctor if...." What about the nearly 50 million of us who don't have healthcare coverage, let alone a doctor to call our own?

"We" (contrary to the 'party of no' spokespeople) want/need Sebelius to be confirmed. She is highly qualified, and the majority of "us" are sick & tired of the conservatives injecting their own quirkly brand of morality into the mix. Enough is enough!

Remeber when Gov Jindal said it was a waste to spend federal dollars on earthquake monitoring? Then an Alaskan volcano erupted?

Well, Sen Collins said "Should we have $870 million in this bill No, we should not." regarding flu preparations in the stimulus bill.

Think we should have paid for it now Sen Collins?

I don't understand why it is taking so long o get Sebelius a vote by the full Senate... Are they afraid that she get confirmed? Does it really matter that she supported abortion access rather than deny it? Are they so focused on one subject to the detriment of all others? That leads to wrong thinking and hindering everything. Open your minds to what the total picture is.

First off, yes, they should get on with the confirmation, but second, people need to settle down and stop panicking. "Pandemic" does not mean it is a serious disease, it simply means it is widespread. The "Swine Flu" appears to be less virulent than the flu strains circulating this past winter. Certain profiteers would prefer Americans to wander around as panicking idiots, but please, don't feed the lowest 29%...

This is how low these LOSER Democrats have sunk. Wow, this is sad.

Are you kidding? The swine flu isn't spreading because Sebelius hasn't been confirmed. Even if she had been already, Napolitano would still be the point person. And it's not the Republicans fault Obama had to reopen the search for H&HS secretary.

This is completely hype, smoke and mirrors, to try to shove through an extremely liberal woman to head up HHS. Sebelius is out of step with the majority of US voters, conservative and liberal alike. The majority of us support some limitations on abortion, such as restricting late term abortion and banning partial birth abortion, liberals included. Sebelius is in the pocket of the abortion industry and just voted down a bill to restrict late term and partial birth abortion in her home state. If Obama wants to show a little of the so far non-existent bi-partisanship, he could start by withdrawing Sebelius. The majority of US citizens could support that.

I'm not a huge fan of the SEIU, but in this case they're dead right. The GOP has been playing politics with this nomination in order to placate people who want to enact their religious opinions into law. It's time for that nonsense to stop.

Perhaps the confirmation process would move along swimmingly if President Obama nominated cabinet officials who actually paid their taxes.

This Union is totally luducrious!

Do they actually believe that Republican Senators would allow an epidemic to overtake the American public?

Besides even if she were appointed as HHS, what could she do? Why don't they blame Tom Daschle? They would have put him through but he withdrew his name from the running.

That is luducrious also but now you all get the picture!

that didn't take long....however I was actually expecting the President to blame this crisis on the former administration...since he blames them for everything else. I really don't care if one is a Democrat or Republican, using a pandemic or any kind of health crisis for political purposes is tasteless, crass, cowardly...and other kind of euphemism for idiotic. This is just a typical tactic of trying to use a crisis to get something else accomplished that has nothing to do with the crisis. Can't you please just suck it up and move forward, I am tired of the blame game. This one is not anyone's fault and one person in a health department will not make a difference.

You knew this was coming. The flu is here because the GOP is against this killer......

ROTFLAMO

The left will say anything!

"Socialist union exploits disaster to attack policies they oppose."

In other news today, recent studies show water is wet.

GOP is loving this they hold up is appointees and then say see he's not ready to lead. She should have been confrim last month.

What a tool...

THE REPUBLICANS DON'T RUN CONGRESS!

They have no say... nada...

Looks like the SIEU has learned well from their messiah, "Never waste a good crisis...."

That's funny, a left wing group known for having extremists is accusing the other side of pandering to extremists....

And news flash to the SEIU, this strain of flu has no vaccine. We are well trained to fight the spread of diseases, but humans have little say in what micro-organisms and bacteria will do.

Calling the Republicans the party of fear has now lost the little validity it may have had. It's over – give it up.

Translation: the heat is probably on some corrupt SEIU executives for some sort of unethical behavior that you would expect from union execs. probably greed motivated. They just can't get enough luxury from the bloated salaries paid through the bload, sweat, and tears of their rank & file members. Rather than taking personal responsibility, they decide to use today's most popular scapegoat, the GoP, for their lame smokescreen/diversion.

every single person that signs the petition and fals for this fear fongering seriously needs to have their heads checked. It is a real shame that democrats and liberals can not, no matter how hard they try, THINK for themseloves. They allow themselves to be pulled around by the nose and the ONLY people laughing at them are the democrat leaders. The rest of us (coservatives, independents and republicans) feel sorry for you but then you got what you voted for.

Remember, the only time anything matters to Republicans is if someone is shooting guns at them. They don't care about environmental disasters. As evidenced by their behavior over the last 8 years and continuing to this date.

There are a lot of possible directions to go with this one, but I'll simply ask how the SEIU justifies use of members dues for this type of lobbying, which has absolutely nothing to do with its core mission. The only possible connection – attack Republicans and thus support Democrats, because they are the ones who are supporting "Card Check and other pro-union legislation. When did dues to the SEIU become de facto donations to the Democratic Party and its positions on all issues?

All this holdup just because she's pro-choice.. once again it's the religious right holding up a slam dunk candidate.

If Sebelius is confirmed, people will still get the flu, swine, bird, or other, but milions more unborn children will die when she implements the programs that she wants. The number unborn children who die every minute is close to 3. Almost every 20 seconds, another human life is snuffed out at the hands of an abortionist. That is the kind of disease that Sebelius will continue to spread and will even increase the spread of if she can.

no more tax cheats ,,,,, get some one new

Well here they go again with the party ot just say "No" is up to more tricks. We should expect nothing more from these GOPs but a reponse of "No" to any plans or solutions that they have not come up with. We the people of the United States know what we must do in 2010 and 20012 Election lets say no and kick these fools right out of office. We will say no at the re-election and election or 2010 and 2012.

Are they complaining that Obama does not have a Surgeon General yet either or I think I heard there is no new head of the CDC ???
Are democrats willing to blame all for this unpreparedness or just republicans? Hypocritcal much or just choosy in your outrage??

Bipartisanship is coming back. I believe the liberal democrats and the blue dog democrats can reach compromise and that President Obama can work with both sides.

Well here they go again with the party ot just say "No" is up to more tricks. We should expect nothing more from these GOP but a reponse of "No" to any plan or solution that they have not come up with. We the people of the United States know what me must do in 2010 and 20012 Election lets say no and kick these fools right out of office. We will say no at the re-election and election or 2010 and 2012.

Not surprising at all. Another example of a republican attempt to disrupt any process that helps the country. Sounds very UN-AMERICAN to me!

So let's get this straight. Obama appoints an unacceptable candidate for HHS secretary and the GOP refuses to vote for her. How does that make the GOP responsible for the swine flu? It's more of a border control issue that just happens to be manifesting itself in a new disease that has recent ly come to the US from Mexico. If Sebilius is anything like Napolitano or Geithner, we are probably better off having no one instead.

It has to be the Republicans fault!!!! You know I couldn't find two socks that matched this morning and I just blamed it on the Repubicans since that's what everyone seems to be doing these days!

Not that I'm a big union fan but they have a point.

Kathleen should go back to what she does best. Like allowing doctors to do abortions up to 7 1/2 months and not paying her taxes.

She just needs more time to correct her 1040s.

TO THE GOPS, STOP ACTING LIKE CHILDREN. IF YOU THINK THE 08 ELECTION WAS A STATEMENT, WAIT FOR THE NEXT. ELECTION. HEADS WILL BE ROLLING.

Never let a Crisis go to Waist!

She is not qualified for the position!

She is a Tax Cheat!

She supports late term live birth abortions.....

We don't want or need her!

Please find someone suitable!

SEIU attacked on other people..what is wrong to focus issue on hands, right now....

Oh my gosh, SEIU is full of bull! Just alike as ALCU!

Okay now you far lefties are really starting to sound stupid. So by confirming Sebelius, she will get in there an erradicate this awful bug, and all well be well, and the birds will sing, the sky will open up, and the celestial chior will.....my fault sorry Hillary for stealing your line.....Hey SEIU, shut up, You sound as stupid as those Limbots and freakin facist at fox.

yup. They don't want people living. They are the party that wishes death upon all.

No to health coverage, just let the people die! And no to having Health Officials confirmed in time. The GOP is late on EVERYTHING. It's a consistant pattern. It takes planes flying in to buildings before they think to keep us safe. And now it takes an emerging emergency for them to act to confirming appointments.

What a bunch of obstructionists the GOP and Conservatives are!

Oh–and if Kathleen isn't allowed to join the rampage and pillage of the American taxpayer immediately, it will be George Bush's fault? This lunacy over the corrupt and inept Bush administration is almost making me wish I had voted for him! In the words of Clint Eastwood–when are we ever going to "man up" and take responsibility for ourselves in this country?

What a bunch of SEIUT!!! (sorry about the spelling).

The GOP has become a right wing fringe group with no honor, and no ethics!

Vote and get out of the way GOP, there is work to do.

Its interesting to me that the Democrats are always saying that it's the Republicans that use the tactics of fear and hate to sink liberal agendas....seems that's exactly what they are doing here...

The SEIU should be ashamed of themselves, equating "swine flu" to Katrina!! Additionally, "swine flu" is going to be like SARS, and "Avain flu" and a host of other things. Way to fear-monger SEIU. No wonder everyone considers you crazy and irrelevant.

Most Republicans don't care about the people. It's all about them and the fact that they lost big in the Presidential election. They are too mean spirited to try and make a positive difference. They don't know how to make a positive effort to work with the establishment. Their royal leader McCain set the standards for that.
As far as I'm concerned the party has gone to the dogs.

OUTSPOKEN PROPONENT of late term abortions. Fits like a glove in the new administration. Perhaps Dr. Kevorkian to head the Council on Elder Care and Aging?

Sorry people but your wasting your time, republicans have proven time and time again they could care less about this country or the people. They will only care if they can make money.

These UNION BLOW HARDS NEED TOO GET A LIFE.
AND AL SO CAN ANY OFF THEY TELL ME WHY THEY WANT TO ORANGIZE WAL-MART I PERSONALLY KOWN PEOPLE WHO WOULD QUIT IF THE UNION WINS. WHY BECAUSE THEY DO NOT WANT TOO TAKE A (WAIT FOR IT) PAY CUT.

Liberal groups and democrabs are utterly demented.

Swine flu is not an outbreak, nor something to get crazy over. Remember the terrible West Nile outbreak that promised to kill everyone? Nothing happened.

I agree that it's important to get Kathleen into office, but don't beat the drum under false pretenses to get it done.

Fear mongering is what got the GOP into the position they are in now. Don't repeat it DNC!

The GOP can do better.Get over it and confirm the governor because we need a HHS nowwwwwww.

The republicans would block their own mothers if they could. They are showing their true ignorance. What a bunch of cry baby jerks.
When will they learn that America doesn't want or need them? And in 2010 many will be leaving and have to work for a living. Now they are like welfare republicans living off the system and putting nothing in.

This will be another stupid thing the GOP thinks is 'making a statement'. This will follow eric Cantor's silly use of Aerosmith's :Back in the Saddle Again" and his prophecy of resurgence and Mike 'The Man of No' Steele's prediction of NY-20.
Unpatriotic fools.

Its really time to have a revolution,and throw all the crooked swine out of washington.The government and all its players are corrupt and its time for a change,A REAL CHANGE!!!!!

The Republicans have finally destroyed any chance of reconciliation with the American people. Their crass and out-of-bounds arguments against Sebelius underscore their profound misunderstanding of what real suffering is. They would like to make abortion their biggest issue, but they fail to realize how unimportant that issue really is.

In the great scheme of life, the only thing that matters is whether people who are alive right now can enjoy their lives. If I can't enjoy my life, because I'm facing a terrible plague, hunger, disease, or war, then I can't rightly care too much about the unborn. Get off of your high horses, Republicans. Let's get our country back to prosperity and shut up about little babies.

Why does the GOP hate America and Americans?

You see how the GOP "love" this country so much-they are willing to sabotage the HHS position- just to be ornery-they are so full of it-

As a card carrying member of SEIU, I just signed the petition. Please feel free to do the same.......you do not have to be a member.

Members of the Party of No......this is getting very ridiculous. The election was almost six months ago and you seriously need to get over it. You lost....it's over.

The GOP makes me sick !!!!! Their government insurance will fight the symptoms, but what about all of us without health insurance?

Republicans are playing a deadly game with the citizens of our country.

Image that..., more case of swine flu in the US than in Mexico.

Is it the fault of the GOP that it seems to be tough finding qualified people to fill the department and that it's woefully unfit to handle any large scale emergency? Nope. You can lay that squarely on the shoulders of this bumbling, incompetent administration.

Just more of the same from the Obstructionist Republicans.

How is Obama's unstaffed adminstration going to protect us against anything, much less health hazards?? Not to mention their open border policy..

not surprising at all

Who better to tackle the swine flu problem than a useless pig herself?!

Good thing the SEIU doesn't stoop to fear-mongering. Only Super-Sebelius can save us! Politicians are peas in a pod – what they ALL want is your money.

AMEN!

Why all the flap over a little disease. After all, President Obama said it was nothing to worry about at this time.
Besides, doesn't Sebelius have a lot of extra baggage that needs to be inspected closely?

Didn't the REPUBLICANS also take out flu preparedness money out of the stim package???

If it were not so typically union and believed by the libs, this would be real funny. Just goes to show you the depths to which these liberal supporting organizations will go and add vote against the ECAF.

We would have had one by now if all of the candidates had not been corrupt. Sebelius is no different, are there no honest people in DC anymore?? As for you Union guys, well you suck the big one, really.

"Bush appointed-accountant"

I can FEEL the disdain from them just reading it.

I'm a democrat and I feel that this crosses a line. Let's try to not resort to emotional blackmail to get what we want, please.

Grand Obstructionist Party – didn't even want funding for prevention and cure.

I think it is funny to hear Democrats accuse Republicans of using fear in their ads and then they run ads using their own fear tactics. Pretty hypocritical of Democrats, but what else do you expect from Democrats.

THE GOP NEEDS TO GET OUT OF THE WAY AND LET THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE POWER AND HAVE BEEN ELECTED TO RUN THINGS!

Isnt this the third nominee for the post after the first two were found to be tax cheats? Also since the disease is coming from beyond out borders wouldn't a tighter immigration policy have helped stop the spread? Otherwise its just another baseless democrat attack from the hyper partisan SEIU. Guess they want some of the HHS money as well as what they got in porkulus.

GOP are a bunch of idiots

Republican Party does not have the best interest of this country.
There only agenda is to bring down the president of the united state.
Call them unpatriotic .

Republican Susan Collins also refused to vote for the stimulous package unless the millions of dollars for pandemic funding was removed.

Karl Rove also ridiculed the money as well.

The gop cares NOTHING about this country or Americans living in it! They are only worried about spreading fear and disease! This is a clear case of them basiccally HOPING this spreads so they can blame Obama. They are a dangerous extremist party and need to be stopped before this destroy this country any further. Its SHAMEFUL and DISGUSTING!!!

I agree she should have been confirmed already, but let's be serious. Obama spent 5 hours golfing yesterday. Maybe he could have stayed in at the White House to monitor is looking to be a pretty serious pandemic.

SEIU is one to talk about responsibility for this!?! They push amnesty for illegals and open borders with every waking breath! Where do you think this flu outbreak is coming from?????? (hint - people coming from Mexico)

Have we no decency? Will the left wingers politicize anything to try to gain votes?

Amen. Consent to the Sebelius nomination now! Just say NO to the party of NO!