Hi Mom/Open Thread (Update: Erick Erickson loved the keynote)

Check out this picture of what Governor Palin wrote on her hand from the Palin/Perry rally earlier today:













Obama voter Ann Althouse writes that "Sarah Palin has had us in the palm of her hand all day."

In any event, we have three different crowd estimates for today's event. Under any estimate, Palin appears to have outdrawn the President by a quite a margin when you compare the number of people that attended her campaign rally for Governor Perry three weeks before the election with the number of people that attended the President's campaign rally for Senate candidate Martha Coakley in Massachusetts two days before the election.

What else is going on tonight besides what appears to be a very good football game?

Update by Hal: Congratulations to the New Orleans Saints. I must admit, I was skeptical that they could pull it off, but they played a great game from the 2nd quarter onward.

My daughter and I attended the Rick Perry rally today in Houston. Many thanks to C4P reader Gamsbo for saving us a front place in line. Here's one photo I took of the rally stage. From left to right, Gov. Perry, Piper Palin, Ted Nugent, and of course Gov. Palin. I'm not the greatest crowd estimator, but I'll guess between 8,000-9,000 attended including the arena seats and floor area.

Update #2: Erick Erickson loved it.