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Sarah Palin’s Convention Speech
I’ll have more thoughts tomorrow on the text of the speech but my quick impressions were that it was well written and superbly delivered. Palin managed to juggle all the balls nicely: She was simultaneously folksy and smart, delivering attack lines while remaining charming, funny and ...
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The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — ... compete for swing voters and go back to the base energizing strategy that worked for President Bush in 2004. The numbers make that look like a tough proposition. But I think a few months from now, everyone will agree this was a mistake. Jay Carney: ...two things are clear after Sarah Palin made her do-or-die debut before 20-plus million people tonight. She is amazingly self-confident. And she knows how to nail a speech. James Joyner: ...even with a 72-year-old at the head of the ticket, the vice ...

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