Since you didn't attend one, you really shouldn't try to guess what the crowd felt like. I was at one, and the cheers were for her ideas, not her personality. The several less-well-known males who spoke before she did were cheered equally when they said something the crowd agreed with, such as keeping government small and not electing someone with questionable origins and associates. While there was plenty of enthusiasm and roars of approval for her political speechifying, I did not see any hysteria, fainting, sreaming or sexual innuendo that characterized Obamamania. There's a difference.
I agree, the crowd at the Sarah Palin rally I attended in Beaver PA was enthusiastic, intense, but always in control.