Highlights of Palin's Friday Night Remarks

-- She is still starting her speeches with a slew of local references (especially about sports), just as she did during the campaign.

-- She talked about both the birth of her son with Down Syndrome and her teenage daughter's unplanned pregnancy as life-changing events that moved her away from "the edge" into "walking the walk."

-- She still likes Fox's Greta Van Susteren and Laura Ingraham more than the New York Times.

-- She is trying to build a core of backers (and book buyers...) called "Sarah's Rogues."

-- She's still using tough language about the opposition; she said all people who support keeping partial-birth abortion legal are either "cold-hearted extremists" or "cowards."

-- She will rely more on historical references than she did during the campaign (mentioning Friday by name several early feminist leaders, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, and Pope John Paul 2).

-- She will mock President Obama, focusing on his promise of hope and change.