The number of folks in the stands at the Flyers game last night was probably twice the population of Wasilla. The population of the Philadelphia area itself is about 5 times the total population in Alaska.

The crowd showed Governor Palin that what plays in Wasilla doesn't play in Philadelphia and that being mayor of a small town and governor of a small earmark-loving state is not a qualification to be Vice-President of the United States. Neither is the adoration of the Limbaugh/Hannity types.