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Palin Tonight
The Moderate Voice — ... I’m not as pessimistic as Libby Spencer, who predicts, among other things, that “Palin will give a great speech,” that “[t]he GOP base will go wild,” and that the punditocracy will call her pick “a gamechanger,” but I do think she has a lot going for her tonight: ...

The Palin Speech, Reviewed
The Moderate Voice — ... But, let’s give credit where credit is due, Libby Spencer nailed it: “Sarah Palin will give a great speech. She will lie her face off.” Check and check. Though the “greatness” of the speech needs to be considered relative to the expectations, which were disturbingly low. She gave a great speech from the perspective of the base, the party faithful at whom it was directed, as well as of the theocratic ideologues behind her candidacy. ...