That is one, nice lady. And one courageous woman.

Last night, Ann Romney was supposed to "humanize" Mitt Romney for the American people -- at least that's what the press demanded of her. Instead, she talked about their lives together as only a loving wife could:

We were very young. Both still in college. There were many reasons to delay marriage, and you know?  We just didn't care.  We got married and moved into a basement apartment. We walked to class together, shared the housekeeping, and ate a lot of pasta and tuna fish.  Our desk was a door propped up on sawhorses.  Our dining room table was a fold down ironing board in the kitchen.  Those were very special days.

Then our first son came along.  All at once I'm 22 years old, with a baby and a husband who's going to business school and law school at the same time, and I can tell you, probably like every other girl who finds herself in a new life far from family and friends, with a new baby and a new husband, that it dawned on me that I had absolutely no idea what I was getting into.

That was 42 years ago. Now we have five sons and 18 grandchildren and I'm still in love with that boy I met at a high school dance.

Her speech was not about politics or policy, but about the man she knows:

He has tried to live his life with a set of values centered on family, faith, and love of one's fellow man. From the time we were first married, I've seen him spend countless hours helping others. I've seen him drop everything to help a friend in trouble, and been there when late-night calls of panic came from a member of our church whose child had been taken to the hospital.

You may not agree with Mitt's positions on issues or his politics. Massachusetts is only 13% Republican, so it's not like that's a shock.

But let me say this to every American who is thinking about who should be our next President:

No one will work harder.

No one will care more.

No one will move heaven and earth like Mitt Romney to make this country a better place to live!

And she made absolutely no apologies for her husband's success:

It's true that Mitt has been successful at each new challenge he has taken on. It amazes me to see his history of success actually being attacked.  Are those really the values that made our country great?  As a mom of five boys, do we want to raise our children to be afraid of success?

Do we send our children out in the world with the advice, "Try to do... okay?"

And let's be honest. If the last four years had been more successful, do we really think there would be this attack on Mitt Romney's success?

Of course not.

Mitt will be the first to tell you that he is the most fortunate man in the world. He had two loving parents who gave him strong values and taught him the value of work.  He had the chance to get the education his father never had.

But as his partner on this amazing journey, I can tell you Mitt Romney was not handed success.

He built it.

Did she accomplish what she was supposed to accomplish? Inasmuch as it is possible to do in 20 minutes to undo what the Obama campaign has spent many months creating -- Mitt the evil, greedy capitalist -- she was at least able to counter the notion that just because they're priviliged, doesn't mean they can't relate to ordinary people. Before the American people stood an elegant, confident -- even boisterous -- woman who was able to push all the right buttons and say all the right things while carrying it off with grace and aplomb.

A winner regardless of what happens in November.

(Watch related American Thinker Video selection: "GOP Convention: Ann Romney")