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It’s official, Barry-sized crowds are now greeting Mac and Sarah wherever they campaign. The establishment media’s reporting of it is snarky, as expected, asking if Mac will get angry because they’re coming to see Sarah instead of him. My guess is he would laugh at the suggestion. Afterall, she wouldn’t be there but for him.

Indeed, I keep remembering two lines from his convention speech, the speech that was supposed to be so forgettable. I don’t remember anything from hers, except her shining, cheerful face. Brent, a commenter at Althouse reminded me of them again today: 1) "…and they broke me…" the first admission of frailty that I ever heard an American politician make at a political convention. Very moving. And 2) "…and serve a cause greater than yourself…" an echo of JFK’s "Ask not…" line.

On second thought Brent reminds me that there is something that I recall from Sarah’s effort, a line she is now repeating on the stump: "There’s only one man in this election who has ever really fought for you."

Yep, a wily old sailor who knows when to give ’em a broadside and board ’em in the smoke.