what is itreally for you, senator biden? we'll start with you, governor. gov. palin: my experience as an executive will be put to good use as a mayor and business owner and oil and gas regulator and then as governor of a huge state, a huge energy-producing state that isaccounting for much progress towards getting our nation energyindependence and that's extremely important.but it wasn't just that experience tapped into, it was myconnection to the heartland of america: being a mom, being a -- onewho is very concerned about a son in the war, about a special-needschild, about kids heading off to college -- how are we going to paythose tuition bills? -- about times and todd and our marriage and ourpast where we didn't have health insurance. and we know what otheramericans are going through as they sit around the table and try to figure out how are they going to pay out-of-pocket for healthcare. we've been there also. so that connection was important, but even more important is that world view that i share with john mccain, that world view that says that america is