Sebelius' response

The Kathleen Sebelius response speech seems to be getting lukewarm reviews. She spoke rather slowly, and wasn't very passionate.

There's been buzz in some quarters about Sebelius as a possible VP pick, but I think that the chances of that are about nil: true, she's a popular Democratic governor in a conservative state (my home state, Kansas)--and she'd probably bring in the votes of some Midwesterners, but she lacks other qualities that are pretty necessary for a running-mate: namely, the ability to give exciting speeches.

The Democratic response to the SOTU is always an understated affair, but this is the way she always speaks; not a fluke. In fact, her total lack of fire-in-the-belly is probably what's allowed her to be succesful in Kansas. 

Don't get me wrong, she's a good governor--I like her a lot. She's done a lot of good things for Kansas. But I don't think VP is in her future. She should focus instead on running for Sam Brownback's senate seat, which he'll be vacating in 2010, at the same time that she's term-limited out of the governorship. She's got a good chance to be the first Democratic Senator from Kansas in more than 70 years.