Sara Palin is the ultimate American Everywoman. Palin is a wife and mom. You can imagine it wasn't that long ago that she was doing the 3 p.m. suburban shuffle between soccer practice and piano lessons. She has a five month old baby. Even now she's probably still in that new mom mode where you'd give anything for few hours of uninterrupted sleep. She may even peruse the aisles of Target now and then. She has a handsome, manly husband who isn't afraid to pitch in and help run the household.

I don't care what your politics are. I don't care if you hate the Clintons, are a certified member of MoveOn.org, worship at the feet of Ronald Regan, or are so far right you're left - or visa versa - you can't deny 2008 has been a good year for women. One party has a female vice presidential candidate, the other party almost had a female presidential candidate. What's more, they're both over 40.