Governor Palin Has Shocked the World

UPDATE: Holy Cow! Palin and Rudy did it with a broken teleprompter – they winged it!

Local Reaction –

GOP Congressional Candidate Luke Puckett – I can tell you that what the American people saw last night in public is the same person that she is in private.

Indiana State Representative Jackie Walorski – I was in a meeting in a restaurant this morning in South Bend and several people stopped me, either walking in or as I was walking out, to high five me and they couldn’t contain their excitement either.

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Palin to media – I am not going to Washington to seek your good opinion…

Howard Wolfson, Hillary Clinton’s Communications Director - Palin was very, very, very good. She took the knife and stuck it in Barack Obama and twisted it with a smile on her face. The Democrats have cause to be concerned…

Stately News Anchor Chris Wallace – A star is born tonight. That is the single most compelling Republican argument I have ever heard.

The New Republic -Who’s the Celebrity Now? Something rather astounding is happening in this campaign. Sarah Palin may single-handedly be giving John McCain another chance at a victory which seemed a distant hope after Obama’s night at Invesco (which now feels like a month ago).

NPR’s Juan Williams – I am surprised at the power she has. She is like an expert knife fighter, cutting and parrying perfectly and with good humor. She performed like a champ. She can play in this game.

Matt Drudge – She Did It Her Way – Wonder Woman!

Democrat Pundit, Editor of Roll Call Magazine, Mort Kondrake - Simply Brilliant! Sophisticated and effective.

Alaskan business owner in Anchorage Daily News- Our mama beats your Obama

Rich Lowry – Barack, Meet Your Nightmare

Nina Easton, Fortune Magazine – Palin ate it up! Her speech was a home run.

Fred Barnes – Its a gift, she is a natural.

Brit Hume – Palin has proven that she is no rookie politician.

POW who served with McCain in the Hanoi Hilton in a comment to Laura Ingraham – Conservatism is back!

Chuck Norton - Ronald Reagan is back, and she’s the Governor of Alaska.

IUSBVISION - flipping through the channels – the elite media are VISIBLY shaken and depressed, they are in shock and it is glaringly obvious. I hope I can find this clip of NBC’s Andrea Mitchell on youtube – I say with all seriousness that she looks like someone just told her a parent died. Palin went after the elite media with both barrels and with a joyous tone and face looked the elite media dead square in the eye and blew them away….and turned them into moose stew.

more soon…

NBC’s Maria Bartiromo with Tom Brokaw – Energy Policy is her comfort zone – Msunderestimated has video of Maria’s Bartiromo’s interview with Palin.

UK Times - Like a moose going after a cabbage

UK The Sun - Palin was stunning

Chicago Sun Times – She has the heart of a street fighter

Ann Coulter - The best man turned out to be a woman. Palin will appeal to the narrow 59 percent of Americans who voted for another former small-market sportscaster: Ronald Reagan.

Halperin - Grade A+. The Alaska Governor was poised, stirring, charming, confident, snarky, cozy, well-rehearsed, biting, utterly fearless, unflappable, and self-assured.

Sen. Olympia Snowe- It elevates all women

Democrat Strategist Kirsten Powers – A feminist dream at the GOP. Alaska girls kick as*… Last night, “Sarah Barracuda” more than lived up to that slogan… Turns out old feminism is really just a bunch of good ‘ole girls telling you what to think.

NY Post - SHE’S A ‘PIT BULL WITH LIPSTICK’ PALIN WOWS ‘EM BY POUNDING DC SNOBS

Ed Morrissey – Palin delivers a knockout

Senator Orrin Hatch – It’s exciting! I became teary eyed, Republicans are going to put the first woman in the Whitehouse! My constituents are calling me and telling me “she is one of us.”

Gender attacks continue: Please tell me why McCain picked a girl that is on the rag to take over if he is incapacitated? – John Frank Henry