Veteran readers know my long-standing enthusiasm with Kathleen Sebelius, the Democratic governor of Kansas.
For those late to the party, we're talking a massively popular, female executive in a crimson state who wiped out a billion-dollar deficit with nary a tax increase and comes standard with a background in health care and a former governor of Ohio for a father. Time even named her as one of the top five governors in America. She was high on my list for Veep in 2004, and is looking even better for 2008. For those late to the party, we're talking a massively popular, female executive in a crimson state who wiped out a billion-dollar deficit with nary a tax increase and comes standard with a background in health care and a former governor of Ohio for a father. Time even named her as one of the top five governors in America. She was high on my list for Veep in 2004, and is looking even better for 2008.
But despite such big name supporters as, well, me, she remains virtually unknown outside Kansas and mostly invisible to Democratic activists. Meanwhile, her prospects for reelection are as solid as anyone in the country, with most of her serious challengers declining the race. Hopefully, when she wins in 2006, she'll start attracting a bit more hype, but until then, awesomely substantive and wonky interviews like this one will have to tide me over. And so they do. Given the current climate, it does my heart good to see a red state governor proposing a prescription drug program, a large scale response to Medicare Part D, and a massive reinvestment in education. So far as I can tell, she's the real deal, and you guys should keep an eye out.
