Palin Draws An Astounding 37.2 Million and Knocks Them Out

     The numbers are in from last night and, in addition to the rave reviews, Sarah Palin drew a TV audience of over 37 million -- only a million less than Barack Obama a week before.

      Expect three ramifications:

      -- Expect the courageous-as-always media to, by and large, back off its criticism of Palin, afraid of making the backlash that is forming in response to the feeding frenzy that followed her selection worse;

     --  Expect Palin to continue her excoriating attacks on Obama. It's clear, at least initially, that she can get away with saying some negative things that a man couidn't, and

    -- Expect Palin to continue to overshadow the top of ticket for awhile. That's the danger for John McCain in all of this. But it's a risk he'll gladly run.