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"I think people's ears perk up a little more right now than they normally would. Certainly the discussion about form of government has some part in that, but the other part is that every five or six years we kind of do a turnover anyway."

She says she thinks members of her top staff are probably strong commodities on the job market. "I do think that people could get other jobs rather easily."

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She doesn't deny that Jordan's move may prove to be the first of several. "I think you'll see other people, too, in not a real long time."

So that leaves the obvious question. Is Suhm looking?

"No," she says. "Fool that I am. I like what I'm doing. People come talk to me and ask me. But nothing has come along that is quite as interesting as this to me."

Dedication, or grim fascination? --Jim Schutze