Posted by Cheri Jacobus on The Loft.

The excitement is growing. She’s the real deal — very, very smart, accomplished, results-oriented, and a totally self-made woman who never set out to “make it” so much as found herself compelled to fix what was wrong, change what needed changing, and hold people to account.

Sarah Palin is no Hillary Clinton. And that’s a good thing.

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For all of her experience and fame, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton would not be where she is today were it not for the fact that she was married to Bill Clinton. Governor Sarah Palin is where she is today 100% on her own merit. No family business or political connections, no rich daddy, no powerful and well-connected husband — This is all hers.

Now that is a real feminist!