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Sarah Palin did not just hit a home run at the Republican National Convention. She presented an image of American common-sense leadership and honesty that simply had to captivate any fair-minded person.

She is concerned with real American issues and has spent her life actually shaking things up and achieving genuine change in everything she has touched.

She is the real deal. She owns what she does and has a record of taking on real responsibility, as a mayor and as a governor, and has achieved what no one thought could be done. Barack Obama has achieved little other than writing two autobiographies. She is not interested in stardom; she is interested in performance. The comparisons are stark.

All Americans should be proud that we grow this kind of person. She comes right out of middle America, and she is a match for any leader anywhere. She is the American Dream per- sonified.

But Palin did not just leave the crowd cheering. Together with John McCain, she has sealed the renewal and rebranding of the Republican Party as the true party of reform and change.

It all came together on Wednesday evening. Republicans sensed it, they loved it, they welcomed it and they support it.

The full import of McCain's message is clear: Authentic change. Real reform. Palin teed up the ball like she needed to.

Thursday Republicans could hardly wait to watch John McCain knock it out of the park.

So Wednesday night was a historic event. It changed everything.