Sheer eloquent, magnificent brilliance. I am so in love with this woman that I can't stop smiling. She has done more to make this election cycle new and exciting than anyone else could have ever dreamed of doing.

It's just pathetic to watch the pundits and anchors go at it. No matter what they say, it just comes out sounding lame. She is about as close to perfect as a Republican candidate could ever be and I am THRILLED that she is mine!

I had a friend comment a couple of days ago that, "Of course you love her... she's you!" And while I would never have the audacity to put myself up against the many, many achievements of Governor Sarah Palin, I think he hit it on the head. But it's not just me. Sarah Palin is every woman. (Can you hear Whitney singing in the background? :))

The precise reason that people are so fired up over Governor Palin is because she is one of us. She is a mom who entered politics to try and make her kids' education the best it could be. What an amazing story that is. I personally love the fact that she is not a life-long politician. I love that she didn't tell her kindergarten teacher that she was going to be President. I love that she isn't Al Gore, hopelessly wandering in a sea of supposedly warmer-than-what's-natural water because she had no other plans but to be in the White House.

The very idea that Sarah is an underqualified woman who was simply chosen for her gender is just not going to fly. Anyone who saw her last night can not possibly say with a straight face that she doesn't have what it takes to lead this country. She is exactly who we need running this country!! She is intelligence, grace, beauty, confidence, authenticity and bravery. She is unafraid to face challenges, but seems rather to enjoy them. She knows who she is and is secure in that, precisely what one needs to be able to face life in the Beltway without caving to the pressure to be liked by Sally Quinn and the rest of the Washington elite.

I love, love, love her. I loved everything about her speech last night. I love that she can do things no man could ever pull off, like winking at the hockey moms as if she was personal friends with each and every one of them. It looked so natural and so authentic, because it was. I love that she blew a kiss to McCain's fellow former POW. I love that she introduced her family for the beautiful bunch that they are, completely rubbing her love for and pride in them in the face of all the media who have been opining that she can't possibly be a good mother if she spends so much time away from them.

For much of this year I was pretty convinced that we would be saying "President Obama" for the next four years. I no longer see that as inevitable. Watching the Republicans come to life in this convention, I believe we have an excellent chance of taking the White House in 2008. And what I love the most about it is the idea of saying "President Palin" in four more years.

BRING IT!!!