"Palin's appeal is with working women who've had encounters with low-level sexism but, instead of whining about it, got back to work making happy, successful lives.
Her daughter's pregnancy highlights another part of Palin's appeal. Her normalcy. Here's a woman who has run a business, raised a family, who is sending a son off to Iraq, who has another son with a disability, and now has to help her teenage daughter face motherhood. These are experiences that millions of American moms have shared, can relate to and understand. Sarah Palin is as accessible as Obama is exotic. Her life story is simultaneously exciting and mundane. All the way from Alaska, she comes to America as The Girl Next Door." Read more: 'Sarah Palin's one cool customer' By Michael Graham Boston Herald, Tuesday, September 2, 2008 http://tinyurl.com/59gk48
