I would estimate that more than 50% of the crowd were women. Rosemont is in suburban Cook county, which is not heavily GOP. Palin is building a huge army of followers, which will benefit conservatives in the long run.
There is no other public figure. elected or not, carrying the banner for the conservative movement at this time as much as Sarah is. She is relentless and fearless. Without her leading the charge against Obama, who would we have, Mitt? Good luck with that.
I was lucky enough to attend the event at Searchlight and you could feel the excitement in the crowd as she was being introduced and speaking!