, currently ceo of the strategic firm sebelius resources. it's great to see you, madam secretary, thank you for being here. i want to ask you, first of all, about the state of play in your home state as you see it today. there has been a lot of discussion about what happens if in fact mr. kobach wins the gubernatorial primary and raising the question of whether or not democrats might actually have a shot at getting elected as kansas governor again. >> well, kasie, first of all, nice to be with you. secondly, we're looking very closely at the primary results. great news for democrats. we have a strong nominee who in a multi-way primary race got over 50% of the vote. laura kelly, sitting state senator, is well positioned to be a terrific candidate. on the republican side, as you said, we either have sam brownback's long-term lieutenant governor, his secondhand guy who was responsible for a lot of the economic downturn, cutting schools, cutting taxes, doing a number of things that sent the state into economic freefall or kris kobach, who is now