Kathleen Sebelius, governor of Kansas, is giving the Democratic response to Bush’s State of the Union address. As most people probably don’t know who she is or the fact that a lot of smart people are putting her as a likely person for Barack Obama’s short list of vice presidential choices, I thought I’d post some of her ads to give you a bit of flavor for her campaign.  I saw her speak last year at the DNC Winter meeting and I was very impressed. She’s dynamic and emotive, while conveying the sort of confidence that you see in a lot of successful governors.

The first ad is far and away one of the most powerful positive ads I can recall from the 2006 cycle. The second, third and fifth ads highlight a similar leadership/forward/progress theme that would certainly be a major part of her upside as a vice presidential nominee on anyone’s ticket.