A female Teddy Roosevelt

Monica Crowley, former Nixon assistant and The McLaughlin Group resident, loves the pick of Sarah Palin:

"John McCain had the cojones to do what Barack Obama did not: put a woman on his ticket...She is a tax-cutting, pro-drilling, environmentalist, gun defending, pro-life mom of five, with a son in the Army about to be deployed to Iraq."

"She hunts, shoots, has a lifetime membership in the NRA, ice fishes, is Christian and pro-life.
A few months ago, Obama put down people like her, saying they 'cling to their guns and their religion.' "

"Something tells me Governor Palin is going to be a rock star in the states that really matter---Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan. They like their guns and religion too."

Those who know her best like Tom Kizzia of the Anchorage Daily News can attest to the fact that, "Ms. Palin, 44, has been the Joan of Arc of Alaska politics, charging into battle against long odds on such big local issues as oil taxes and construction of a natural gas pipeline -- only to see her opposition crumble."