Senator John McCain is facing a tough fight in his campaign for re-election, so he has started calling in the big guns, beginning with Sarah Palin. He held two rallies this past weekend – first in Tucson and then in Mesa – at which Ms. Palin offered her endorsement of her former ticket-mate’s candidacy. I won’t opine on policy and politics, but there is no denying that Sarah Palin is a rock star to one segment of the Republican faithful. I don’t have any more scientific evidence than the volume of the reception they each received, but it seemed clear to me that the vast majority of the overflow crowd had come to see and hear Ms. Palin. The welcome she received was both lengthy and loud. Here are a handful of images from the event:

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Todd Palin

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