Palin's Big Night

Forget John McCain tomorrow night, tonight's speech by Governor Palin is the most important of the Republican convention. Nate described the situation as "low expectations and a fairly high degree of difficulty." I think he's wrong. The expectations are low, but I don't see why this is all that difficult a performance for Palin to pull off. I haven't seen much of her stump speeches, but by all accounts, she's a skilled public speaker who has a knack for connecting with audiences. She's had limited time to prepare for this speech, but she presumably has a team of elite speechwriters at her disposal. This shouldn't be too tough. She doesn't need to hit a home run, just a solid double. The debate with Biden will be a real test; tonight, Palin just needs to read off a teleprompter.