I am eagerly anticipating Sarah Palin’s speech. I think she has what it takes - the “vetting controversy” enabled by the MSM is largely a smoke screen, noticeably absent any substantive criticism of her.

There is also an undercurrent that the Left believes she isn’t tough enough - that perhaps she would fold under the attacks on her family, or shrink in the limelight of national politics. In fact, it has been intimated she is unsophisticated, a hillbilly, and worst of all, a bad mother. One can find no greater an unapologetic misogynist than the elitist MSM, the gimpy messenger from the far left, hypocritical to the hilt, attacking a woman like Governor Palin who, as the feminists (falsely) claim to want, has done it all. I think this line of attack constitutes a miscalculation of gargantuan proportions.

First of all, it simply makes no sense. The American people tune into politics when the season warrants it - the geeks like Sarah (Moore) and me follow it hourly. But when the American people do tune in, they expect a discussion worthy of their attention.  The Left has made fools of themselves in this attack on Palin, from US Weekly’s atrocious attack cover, to The New York Times three articles on Palin’s family, to that hack-loser Keith Olbermann, who heads the third best cable news network (out of three).

Second, Sarah Palin is tough.  In fact, anyone from Alaska is tough. Add to that she unseated a sitting Republican governor, has taken on the GOP establishment in a one-party state, is a hockey fanatic, hunts, and has successfully challenged “big oil” (as the Democrats love to call it), and you have a tough individual. Whatever experience she does not have will be made up for by her character.

In contrast, Barack Obama claims his judgment compensates for his lack of experience. There is no evidence to support this contention - if Barack Obama had ever practiced a day of law in his life, he would know he would have already been kicked out of court on summary judgment. The debate now is whether Palin or Obama is more experienced. Perhaps someone should inform Barack Obama that he is not running for vice president.

And where the heck is Joe Biden? Silent and irrelevant, it seems. If Palin was a risky, visionary pick by John McCain, Joe Biden was a safe, status quo, unexciting pick by Barack Obama. The blacktop ends for the messiah when real decisions must be made. Newt Gingrich is right - all Obama has done is talk and write, hardly the stuff of leadership and judgment.

Palin will perform well tonight, and it will be a “game changer” (the latest overused cliche, to be used once on this site, and never again). Obama’s campaign does not know what to make of her, already changing his response to her candidacy 2 1/2 times.  The roof will shake in Minnesota tonight, and the Democrats will cringe from the fallout. As of now, there are two real men and one woman in this race - after tonight, Obama has got to figure out how to re-seize the myth.