After watching Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin from afar for months, nearly 20,000 Hoosiers got their first glimpse of the stylish and feisty vice presidential nominee at the Verizon Wireless Music Center.
Rallies like this for Governor Palin are almost never acknowledged by the national media. They must be too busy bashing Joe the plumber or reporting appearances by Senator Biden talking to 2,500 people in a Little League baseball park somewhere.
The atmosphere was more rock concert than political rally, as students from Ball State University painted "Maverick" on their bare chests and supporters bought pretzels and nachos from the concession stands.
Country music artist Aaron Tippin (lower picture) entertained the crowd with a few songs, including "Kiss This," which he dedicated to Obama.