Sebelius Follow Up

I just wanted to call everybody's attention to two posts by Chris Cilizza outlining the pros and cons of selecting Kathleen Sebelius as Barack Obama's running mate. I think that I will outsource my critique of Chris Cilizza's arguments to fellow Sebelius supporter Ezra Klein.

Photo used courtesty of Flickr user glennia June 1, 2008.

Scotty's Dream Ticket

This article by Sam Stein about Kathleen Sebelius, the Democratic governor of Kansas, is an interesting read. I'm rooting for Sebelius as Obama's VP nom. She basically has the same appeal as Obama: a proven track record of reaching across the aisle to get things done. Also, she's a blue governor in a red state, and it's not like she's had to compromise her core values and beliefs. She's a pro-choice, pro-universal healthcare, pro-labor, and anti-war governor. While she lacks national security credentials, Obama's supposed "weakness", I think she's great because she compounds his strenths, mainly his appeal to independents and young people. There's some rumors out that suggest that it would be the ultimate insult to Hillary Clinton, for Obama to choose a woman other than Clinton as a running mate. However, I think those that would be angry over that are probably not going to vote for Obama anyways, and hopefully many women would be inspired by one of their own on the national ticket. What do you all think?

The rest of my top 5 choices for VP is:
2) Wes Clark
3) Janet Napolitano
4) Bill Richardson
5) Joe Biden

Photo used courtesy of Flickr user Las Valley 702 January 29, 2008

The Reverse Kirkpatrick

Check out this great article by Spencer Ackerman at the American Prospect. Jim Webb would be a near perfect running mate for Barack Obama. While my preferred ticket would be Obama and Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, it seems that an Obama-Webb pairing would be much more electable. Webb is an authoritative voice on the war and a good progressive. Even if he's not the VP nom, a speaking slot for him in Denver would be electrifying.