Sarah Palin Hits One Out Of The Park

Sarah Palin, the candidate on the Republican ticket running for vice-president, introduced herself to the nation last night. The speech is here if you missed it. She certainly delivered the red meat to her base and appears to be a cultural response to the Obama movement. As a working class every-mom she presented a compelling figure to the swing, cultural conservative voters in places like Pennsylvania, Virginia, New Mexico and Colorado. As a Texan, a place that is loaded with cultural conservative voters, including the Democratic stronghold of South Texas, I do think that she is a compelling figure and will reinvigorate the McCain campaign. Only time, in particular the upcoming candidate debates, will tell if Palin's candidacy has endurance beyond the immediacy of the Republican convention.