Bill Clinton's first Surgeon General, Joycelyn Elders, has never been shy about voicing her opinions (and good for her!). So it's not surprising that she's got some about Barack Obama's nominees for health care roles.

It's Ladies Night (Morning?) in today's news, with Hillary Clinton's successful Asia trip and Kathleen Sebelius' potential ascendancy, while Burris battles his crazy, Republicans their own rhetoric and Norm Coleman his former constituents

Kathleen Sebelius might be back in Washington, and she'll be much more warmly received than any economic data or evidence that Republican Senators once voted for a stimulus larger than Obama's package.

• Clinton told her supporters to stop talking smack about Caroline Kennedy unless they're going to endorse someone else. She doesn't want people to believe it's coming from her. [Politico]

• Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius has removed her name from Cabinet consideration. [The Hill]
• New York Governor David Paterson wants to be your next President because "Once you go black, you don't go back." [Politico]
• Fred Thompson is so cheap that he's renting his apartment out for the inauguration. [Huffington Post]
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• Though Barack obama told Americans nothing about forthcoming nominations, that doesn't mean there's nothing to speculate about! John Kerry, Chris Dodd and Bill Richardson are lead speculative Secretary of State candidates, Robert Gates might stay at the Defense Department, Janet Napolitano could be headed to Justice…

Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius' name is being bandied about by many pundits as a potential VP for Barack Obama. She's a moderate Democrat who managed to make peace across partisan aisles while still championing health care and education. If chosen, Sebelius will be the second woman to run for VP (after Geraldine…