Palin as VP: local reaction article under way

I'm doing the "local-reaction-to" article, where we contact local figures to react to national news, and as expected, GOP members are echoing GOP talking points about Alaska governor and VP pick Sarah Palin, such as:

1) she is a "hockey mom"- you know, like a soccer mom, but in Alaska, they play hockey, so.....

2) her short tenure as governor and lack of national experience means very little, because she actually has more experience than Barack Obama, and she is a quick learner.

3) this is a historical moment for the GOP, and for the nation.

However, I have to say, everyone I have talked to is genuinely very excited about the pick. I've spoken with these sources enough to tell the difference between them echoing GOP talking points as strategy, and when they are genuinely excited to make the case for something. They are very excited about Palin.

Democrats, of course, will be echoing the opposite talking points: her short tenure as governor, her lack of foreign-policy experience, and an inconvenient ethics investigation that we will all be hearing a lot about soon.

UPDATE: To frive the point home, while out for lunch, I got a phone message, an unsolicited call from a local female GOP committee chair who gushed about Palin for so long that the abrasive Star News phone system cut her off. She as forced to call back to get me her contact info, but in that call she got back on the subject of Palin and got real close to getting cut off again. I don't know if this will ultimately be that great a pick for the GOP or not, but the local GOP certainly think it will be.