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A new star has been born on the Right

By: Mark Tapscott
Editorial Page Editor
09/04/08 10:47 AM EDT

It is difficult to imagine what else Gov. Sarah Palin could have done tonight to improve her performance. The key is that she has the same gift Reagan had - the ability to speak the ideas that unite and motivate the base in the everyday language of Middle America in a manner that reassures, inspires and entertains.

She and McCain still could lose in November, but what we witnessed tonight is so very reminiscent of the evening in 1964 when Reagan stepped up to the podium and delivered The Speech that launched his national political career. Palin's was not as philosophical or issue oriented, but she clearly established her claim as the emerging spokesman of a revitalized, insurgent, populist conservatism.

    




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Sep 4, 2008

Sarah Palin was amazing last night. Not at all what I thought she was. Actually, since I never heard of her, I don't know what I thought she was. The trick, now, is to get John McCain up "to snuff". He seems to be slowing down, maybe he's just tired. Maybe she can inject that badly needed spark of energy. We'll see how his speech goes tonight. Now they need to attack the issues - and God knows, there are many!

 


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