Liveblogging: Sarah Palin’s RNC Speech
I’m very excited about this speech. Between seeing the leaks and the fact that she needs to hit a home run here, there’s a lot for me to be excited about. So yeah…
10:30: Here goes nothing. Huge ovation…don’t screw this up…
10:31: Still cheering. She’s got quite the game face - if she’s really thrown by this, she’s not showing it.
10:33: A pin - “the hottest VP from the coolest state.” Love it. I’d like to not hear about the POW stuff anymore. Sarah, it’s your time to shine!
10:35: Ann: “She looks very comfortable.”
10:36: Cut to Alaska, and they’re going nuts, the way only Alaskans can - with beer.
10:38: It may be my inherent pro-Palin bias talking, but my goodness she seems quite determined talking about her kids. It doesn’t really affect me much, but I can imagine it being a hit.
10:40: Old chicks LOVE Todd Palin.
10:41: OMG. Sarah’s daughter licking Trig’s cowlick down. OMG OMG.
10:44: Okay, she’s cruising now. The community organizer line killed, so did the pitbull joke (which isn’t all that funny), the “bitter” stuff. Way to go, CNN, on cutting to the Code Pink moron during the best line of the night so far, though. Idiots.
10:48: She’s doing the resume stuff now. She’s pretty much establishing the meme the media wants to ignore, which is good. The eBay line was fun, too. Got a good reaction.
10:50: Sarah Palin has spent the last 2 minutes, and is still, factchecking the numerous errors we’ve been seeing promoted. Good for her - I’m really glad she’s doing that, and I hope she keeps that up in the coming days and weeks.
10:53: It just dawned on me how easily she’s addressing the multiple international issues concerning energy. It’s not stilted at all, and if the media can do its job a bit, it might note how well she’s able to deal with that.
10:54: And if anyone can seriously disagree with this energy plan, I dunno what to say. It’s so basic.
10:56: Oh man - she is really hitting Obama hard right now. It’s nice to hear. The right balance of humor and substance - good move, great line with the columns.
10:58: “…and let me be specific.” And then she is - fancy that. Dead on on the taxes, McCain needs to push that hard.
11:01: Things I didn’t realize about Sarah Palin: she can really deliver a small dig at someone with amazing ease. It’s very amusing.
11:02: Ann: “She looks like she’s enjoying herself.” I can’t disagree - that’s why this is working, I think, because she seems to be having fun.
11:06: Okay, seriously, enough POW talk. Everyone who is going to vote, along with everyone who isn’t, along with my cat, knows McCain was a POW and a war hero. We get it.
…and that’s it. I personally loved the speech - she certainly knows how to deliver one, that’s for sure. I’m curious as to how I’ll feel in the morning, but I have absolutely no doubt in my mind that this is going to play very well and silence a fair number of critics. If this is the Sarah Palin we’re going to get the next two months, the McCain camp is in good shape. She very much made the speech she needed to, and then some.
Also, wow - ballsy to bring Bristol out with the fiancee. Very ballsy. An interesting postscript.