One of the things mentioned in the article was that Sebelius isn't well known to people. That may not be a problem.

I've seen a few pundits bring up the opposite point. They've said that a large benefit that a candidate gets from his VP pick is the two weeks of "getting to know you" that the press does after the VP candidate is announced. The press gives the candidate plenty of free press as they talk about who the VP is and what she's all about. Unless there's some major revalation that nobody knew about (like a history of shock treatment), this is generally good publicity.

I've even seen a pundit say that this would actually be a down side to picking Hillary as VP. Since everyone already knows everything about Hillary, right down to what her porch looks like at night, there would be nothing left to say. So picking Hillary would be missing out on that free good press.

Besides, there will be a couple of months after the VP is announced before the election. Everyone will have time to get to know her by November. An intial bad reaction because nobody knows her will blow over within a couple weeks, then they'll get back to looking at who she is.

Plus, what if Hillary walks up to her right after Sebelius accepts the VP slot and sings her praises?

What an insightful response!

What I am hearing from reluctant Democrats about Obama is that he has no executive experience. That's true. And who could better provide that than a two-term governor of a deeply divided state? But her lack of foreign policy experience holds back my enthusiasm about Sebelius.

Senator Clinton was married to a governor and president, but that was not enough in my opinion to claim that she had experience, so I always thought that argument from Clinton supporters was and is ridiculous.

My choice for VP is Bill Richardson because of his diplomatic, executive, legislative and administrative experience. Richardson brings so much to the table, including the ability to speak fluent Spanish and connect with Hispanic voters, who are more likely than other ethnic groups to say that they need to 'know' a politician before they vote for him. He has been thoroughly vetted, so there aren't going to be any surprises.

Oops, hit post before I was ready.

At any rate, Richardson was my first choice for president, and I hoped for a Richardson/Obama ticket. I would be just as happy the other way around though.

Richardson was also the first big name to break with the Clinton machine. And I was happy that he did. It made it easier for the people who came after him. And he did it for the right reasons - to help defuse the Rev. Wright bomb. It took a lot of courage to say to someone like Hillary and Bill Clinton that you can no longer support them or their efforts. They attacked him viciously for it, and he stood his ground.