She may be only 5ft 2in, but Nicola Sturgeon packs a powerful political punch.
In a blockbuster of a speech to a conference packed with 3,000 SNP activists, she delivered a tough message to Ed Miliband about the price she will demand for keeping David Cameron out of 10 Downing Street.
Scotland's new First Minister's demands include an end to austerity spending cuts, scrapping "the obscene status symbol of Trident", abolition of the House of Lords and reform of the voting system.
And with her party surging ahead in opinion polls, she issued a chilling warning to Labour, the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats that there will be no "no-go" areas in Scotland for the SNP on 7 May: all 59 seats are up for grabs.
"No constituency is off limits for the SNP in this election; we will fight for every vote and every seat," she declared in a 45-minute speech that was constantly interrupted by cheers and applause and earned her a six-and-a-half minute standing ovation at the end.
She spoke in a crimson red dress - perhaps designed to appeal to former Labour supporters - at Glasgow's Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre on the banks of the Clyde, just 40 days from the General Election, and announced that SNP membership has now soared to 102,143.
There was no mention of her colourful and controversial predecessor Alex Salmond, nor indeed of her current Labour opponent in Scotland, Jim Murphy, or Mr Miliband. And there was only the briefest mention of David Cameron.
"The SNP will never put the Tories into government," she said.
"If there is a hung parliament, SNP MPs will vote to stop a Tory government even getting off the ground.
"I call on Labour, today, to match that pledge - to make clear that if Labour and the SNP combined have more seats than the Tories, they will join forces with us in a vote of confidence to lock David Cameron out of Downing Street."
Without mentioning shadow chancellor Ed Balls, she said: "So I challenge Labour today to join us in opposing austerity - not in words, but in their spending plans.
"And if they won't, I serve notice now that we will use our influence in the House of Commons to force them to abandon the needless pain of Tory cuts."
And in another jibe at Labour, she added: "If you want a Labour government to have backbone and guts, you need to elect SNP MPs to provide it for them."
Labour's argument, of course, is that more votes for the SNP, instead of keeping Mr Cameron out of Downing Street, make another Tory government more likely.
Opinion polls suggest the SNP is poised to win 40 or more seats on 7 May, with Labour facing a near wipeout.
The SNP leader admitted the polls made "pleasant reading", so much so that she might be suffering from "altitude sickness".
As an MSP in the Scottish Parliament, Nicolas Sturgeon won't be a candidate in the General Election. But the formidable 5ft 2in tartan queen is on course to be a kingmaker.
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