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We all know that Alaska Governor and McCain running mate Sarah Palin addressed the Republican National Convention last night. Lots of comments have been made. I liked this one.

An eloquent summation of the bond she seemed to establish with small-town Americans last night — and we do outnumber them — was made by Patrick Cosgrove. He says, “I live in a small town of less than 10,000 about 45 minutes northwest of St. Paul, so I have a unique perspective on this convention. I also have a 17-year-old daughter and a 14-year-old daughter who plays hockey — meaning I’m married to a ‘hockey mom.’

“I firmly believe that those who live outside the bubbles of Manhattan, the Beltway, and L.A. see in Sarah Palin someone they know and like. By playing down her ’small town’ experience, the bubbleheads tell 100 million Americans who build cars and houses, and grow food and pay taxes in small town America that they just don’t matter. We are not fly-over country; we are the country.”

Amen.