Conservatives are demanding Kathleen Sebelius be fired—which surely means her job is safe

Give Us Sebelius!

Conservatives are demanding that Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius be fired—which surely means her job is safe.

STERLING, Va.—The polling in the Virginia governor’s race turned against state Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli months ago. The government shutdown was blamed on his peers in the Republican Party. (It didn’t help that Sen. Ted Cruz, whom Cuccinelli had praised lavishly, forded the Potomac for a campaign event.) His opponent, Terry McAuliffe, has endured multiple scandals, including a fictional one that led to two Associated Press journalists getting sacked.

“This launch has been a national embarrassment, but it’s just a symptom of much bigger problems,” said Cuccinelli. “I believe President Obama ought to fire Kathleen Sebelius.”

That got the loudest applause of a 20-minute speech in front of 200-odd Republican activists. A blonde, middle-aged female Tea Partier, who had spent the time before the speech telling people nearby not to talk to reporters, shouted, “Sebelius must go!”

So Cuccinelli said it again. “Kathleen Sebelius ought to be fired.” Before the speech was over he’d called on the secretary of Health and Human Services to resign three times, and West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrissey (one of four AGs from other states who’d come to campaign with Cuccinelli) chastised Sebelius for “going to a gala” instead of agreeing to testify in front of Congress about healthcare.gov. When the speech was over, Cuccinelli was asked whether he was asking for something President Obama would never do, something not pertinent to a race for governor.

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