She’s putting her family out there, making the introductions, having them stand up and wave to the crowd.

But she quickly pivots and thorws out the small town big city division. How small towns are the salt of the earth.  Of course the crowd loved it.

The crowd also loves how she has her knives out for Obama, and she’s good at it.

She makes it clear that the “good opinion” of the media is not on her agenda. She just wants to be a humble servant of the people.

While the speech lacks any rhetorical flourishes, she does make a good case for herself and her past. But she acts like she is running for president. Sure she mentions McCain occasioanlly, but the whole speech is about her work as Alaska governor.