[okie01]

...but substitute Sarah for one of the others you named and the crowd would have been, what? Half the size? Maybe even less?

That's the one thing about Gov. Palin that her detractors (liberal and conservative alike) keep missing.

The lady can draw a crowd. Her appeal is broad, it's deep...and it's real.

JFK had it. Reagan had it. Palin's got it. No other politician in my lifetime has had it. It's a rare -- and powerful -- gift.

[onyx]

JFK had it. Reagan had it. Palin's got it. No other politician in my lifetime has had it. It's a rare -- and powerful -- gift.

Yes!............