SHe doesn’t have to worry about any re-election. She is term limited and on her last term.
But she had some concerns about keeping in Howard Dean’s good graces — like maybe running as a senator from Kansas?
Either way, by ‘fessing up and fingering Dean, I doubt if the national organization is going to look her way for much in the future.
Two reasons she would have towed the pre-meditated line besides being a dim herself,. 1. Gaining the Senator seat from Brownback when he doesnt run for re-election, 2. Being the top of the list for being the running mate of whomever is dim candidate for president. She needs the DNC for funding as Kansas has not elected a Democrat as a Senator since 1932 and generally goes straight ticket Republican for national politics. Almost certainly she will be outfunded by any Republican she runs against.