Quin Hillyer
Pushing five high-profile events together into one convention session, tonight’s schedule will be headlined by vice presidential nominee-to-be Sarah Palin’s speech, by the roll call vote making John McCain the official presidential nominee, and by speeches by McCain’s primary rivals Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee.
The session formally begins at 7 and handles the roll call and several lesser known speakers for the first hour and a half. At 8:30, former e-Bay president Meg Whitman auditions for a potential future political career, and approximately 20 minutes later former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina gets the chance to do the same.
Popular former Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele follows at about 9, and Romney and Huckabee follow. Then, when all major networks are expected to be tuning in, Giuliani takes the stage right around 10 p.m. Finally, Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle will come on about 10:20 to introduce Palin for Palin’s much-anticipated convention debut.
