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My wife is in the hospitality industry and has about 35 employees. Almost all of them are female. Most of them are either disinterested/disconnected with politics or think that government's purpose is to take care or give them stuff.

My wife was telling one of her employees (who has some interest in the election) yesterday afternoon about how excited I was to see Palin's speech and that she'd likely watch with me.

Apparently, about a dozen of her employees actually tuned in to see Palin's speech and several of them were watching parts of it on youtube this morning at work. There was considerable discussion about it- they loved this woman. They related to her and appreciated how she spoke to them- not "fancy". They ate up her family and appreciated her vowing to be an advocate for special needs children. A couple of her employees have special needs (FAS, autism, cerebal palsy) children.

My wife was very surprised that they were interested and engaged! The last time there was a big common conversation was over the "I Kissed a Girl" song! Whether or not her employees will actually vote is another matter but they were certainly excited by Palin.