Sarah Palin

Just heard on some guy's radio show that the overnight ratings for last night's Vice-Presidential debates came in at a 46+, compared to the McCain/Obama 31.9 last week. I suppose you could argue that all those people tuned in to see if Joe Biden would use Walter Mondale's debate speech against Robert Dole 30 years ago but I don't think so. I think all those people wanted to see how VP-candidate Sarah Palin, how well she would stand up to one of the old guard. I think most people were either pleasantly re-assured or deeply depressed, depending on which side of the ticket they on which they usually vote. You have no idea how good it feels to hear the same philosophy of smaller, limited government and lower taxes come from a national political figure. Kind of makes one proud to be a Republican.