Lt. Gov. Mark Parkinson spoke to the Kansas delegates Tuesday morning, saying that the administration of Gov. Kathleen Sebelius has accomplished a lot over the past six years.Included in his list was that Kansas will produce 1,015 megawatts of wind energy by the end of the year, up from 364 megawatts from 2007.But Parkinson added, “There’s a lot of work left to be done.”He said he supported U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., for president because he felt Obama had the leadership abilities to tackle the tough problems that have been unsolvable for years, such as climate change, the budget deficit and energy policy.”These problems are so large and so serious they can only be changed if there is fundamental change,” he said.Parkinson, a former chairman of the Kansas Republican Party, switched parties to run with Sebelius in 2006. State Sen. Marci Francisco, D-Lawrence, had a signed statement (written on the back of a Denver Art Museum postcard) from “What’s the Matter with Kansas” author Thomas Frank that said Francisco could use his name as an endorsement in a political ad in the Lawrence Journal-World.She ran into Frank at the Denver Convention Center where he was signing autographs for his new book “The Wrecking Crew.”Francisco faces Republican Scott Morgan in the November election. Parkinson had several quips about the anonymity of being lieutenant governor. He noted Kansas University Chancellor Robert Hemenway, Kansas State University president Jon Wefald, and Gov. Kathleen Sebelius have sleek aircraft to get around in. His mode of transportation: a state-issued 1996 Crown Victoria. And, he said, it has been amusing to see the blank stares of the national news photographers wondering who he is as he gets out of his car at the Pepsi Center, the site of the convention.*Gov. Kathleen Sebelius on Tuesday morning was part of a roundtable discussion with vice presidential nominee Joe Biden and Michelle Obama on economic challenges facing women.Biden attended the first night of the convention, but this event was his first major convention appearance. “When Barack Obama is president, we’ll have a leader in the White House who stands with women and understands firsthand the struggle to make ends meet and raise a family,” Biden said.