Palin delivers tonight, now comes the hard part
She was great. Confident, poised, solid. Some absolutely great zingers against Obama and Biden. Some deft clicker work showed great reviews on CBS from Jeff Greenfield, from CNN’s AC360, David Gergen and Amy Holmes, MSNBC’s Ann Curry and less surprisingly, the Fox News crew.
That said. As we’ve learned throughout this election, giving a good speech is easy. The real test for Sarah Palin has yet to begin. The interviews and most importantly, the debate, are the real tests. Anyone who doubts she is up to the job is fooling themselves. Is it any wonder why the left is so apoplectic?
Here’s the speech.
September 3rd, 2008 at 11:01 pm
LOVED IT!!!!! My first reaction? I need a smoke, I feel like I just got laid.
September 3rd, 2008 at 11:59 pm
I made The Collective ages 4 and 6 sit on my lap and watch….
the 4 year old nodded off…
but I LOVED Mrs. Palin tonight.
“The right reason is to challenge the status quo, to serve the common good, and to leave this nation better than we found it.”
And I want a government that trusts the people to do that
September 4th, 2008 at 8:56 am
She delivered the required red meat (largely substance-free, as is the tradition of both parties’ conventions lately)for the base. that’s what she was there for, and sh e did it well. The crowd was practically foaming at the mouth, ans even liberals who hate the idea of Palin should think Keith Olbermann was being a sourpuss on MSNBC after the speech.
What I find interesting about the pick is that it is a run to the right, where recent general elections have been about running to the middle to grab independents. The Repubs won last election on strength of the Christian Conservative vote. If Palin means they don’t stay home this time after being pissed off/brushed off by Bush, then she is very valuable to McCain.
I doubt it’s that simple, but that’s my thought. Bring on the debates (and not the VP debates. Please. I’m really sick of the VP talk).