I was there, near the front, and I can tell you: she was absolutely fantastic. I’ve never been in a crowd that was more fired up; not at any political event, not even a rock concert!
Before Sarah spoke, they had a local plumber (Mike from Cary, NC) talk to the crowd, and boy, did he fire things up! He gave a talk about the value of hard work, and told his story of coming up from a your apprentice to being a trainer of plumbers across the country. He spoke to the media directly, saying, “I don’t want a handout! And get your greedy government hands off of my money!”
We were 7 people back from the front row, and she autographed my copy of National Review (the one with her picture on the front as “The One”)! She stayed about 20 minutes after her speech, talking to supporters and giving autographs.
And there were SO MANY nice people there!