America's working mom.  This is DR...

I remember that once upon a time, the values voters lamented that America was becoming depraved -- two job couples ignoring their kids, unmarried girls getting pregnant... there was a campaign to turn back feminism, get the mom to stay at home, and get girls to take virginity pledges.

But did you see the way the values voters reacted to Sarah Palin last night?  They didn't just cheer her, they embraced her.  They had "Palin Power" banners and "I love Sarah" pins with pink hearts.

She is now the female face of the Republian party:  a community minded working Mom who can raise five kids AND have a career.  An American family NOT embarrassed or ashamed that their oldest daughter was pregnant out of wedlock.  Far from it.  Her boyfriend sat in the audience with the family.  It's the plot of Juno come to life.

No talk about America's sexual depravity... No Murphy Brown speeches scolding unwed mothers.

And on unions -- Republicans used to shy away from unions -- but Sarah Palin described her husband as a proud member of the Steelworkers Union.  Not a reluctant member who thinks his dues are a ripoff, but a proud member of a union that believes in protecting its members jobs.  And a union, by the way, that's endorsed Barack Obama.

Palin's critics have said that she's against equal pay for equal work... 

But the moment she accepts the same pay as previous male vice presidents, she will be making a clear statement that if you do the same job as a man, you should get the same pay, regardless of previous education or experience.

So come on Democrats... a win is a win -- even it happens because the other team decided to run the ball into its own end zone.

Now this.