Hier aus dem Newsletter von Slate der Beginn einer Presseschau zu Palins Rede:

Zitat von Slate

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today's papers
She's Got It
By Daniel Politi
Posted Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008, at 6:48 AM ET

The Republican Party officially nominated John McCain to be the GOP's presidential candidate last night. But that was hardly the highlight at the Republican Convention, where delegates were "riveted less on the foregone conclusion of the roll call vote than on the national, prime-time debut of his running mate," notes USA Today. Indeed, the papers give top billing to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who was catapulted to the national political stage last week and has been dealing with a rocky coming-out party. The controversies that have surrounded her selection meant that Palin's speech last night "had much higher stakes than the typical vice-presidential convention speech," the Wall Street Journal points out. At least inside St. Paul's Xcel Energy Center, Palin was (surprise!) a hit. "Palin's appearance electrified a convention that has been consumed by questions of whether she was up to the job," says the New York Times.

As expected, Palin spent a significant portion of her speech expanding on her biography, but she also wasn't shy about taking on the traditional role of a vice-presidential candidate and attacking Barack Obama. The Los Angeles Times and Washington Post highlight her attacks on the Democratic presidential nominee and come up with virtually identical headlines: "Palin Comes Out Fighting" (WP) and "Palin Comes Out Swinging" (LAT).

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