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NYTST. PAUL — Senator John McCain will explain “where, how and why” he wants to lead America when he accepts his party’s presidential nomination at the Republican National Convention Thursday night, addressing delegates and the nation from a reconfigured stage the night after his vice presidential choice shook the hall with a fiery debut.
In laying out the themes of the speech, Mark Salter, the senator’s biographer and speechwriter, said that tonight’s address to conclude the convention – as well as the speeches leading up to it – will focus on Mr. McCain’s life as well as his record of challenging the Washington establishment on matters such as campaign finance and federal spending.
“He will call on the entire political culture of Washington to start putting their country first instead of their own self interest,” Mr. Salter said.
Even as the convention neared a finale that will lead into what is increasingly looking like a combative fall campaign, attention remained fixed on the Wednesday night speech by Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska — a national, prime-time debut that followed several days of swirling questions about her family, her background and her qualifications for higher office.
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More from article about Palin speech:
The morning after her speech, Democrats aggressively challenge her remarks, saying she misrepresented her own record, distorted the record of the Democratic candidate, Senator Barack Obama of Illinois, and emphasized derisive attacks over explaining the goals of the Republican ticket.
“There was no vision of where she thinks the country should go,” Representative Debbie Wasserman Shultz of Florida said in a call with reporters arranged by the Democratic National Committee. “She claimed that John McCain is a maverick and she is a reformer. Sarah Palin is not a reformer. She is under investigation in her home state for abuse of power,” said the congresswoman, referring to a state ethics inquiry.
About 'town hall feel':
Workers at the Xcel Energy Center hustled after the conclusion of Wednesday’s roll call nomination of Mr. McCain to convert the arena’s stage into a more McCain-friendly venue, extending a ramp out into the delegate seating area on the floor to provide more of a town-hall feel, though absent the questions and answers. Mr. McCain has struggled with speeches in formal settings, and his advisers said the changes should make him more comfortable and provide a different level of intimacy.
“By extending the ramp out into the audience, I think it gives John McCain a unique ability to position himself in and around the people he likes to be with,” said Rick Davis, Mr. McCain’s campaign manager.
About Cindy McCain:
Cindy McCain, the senator’s wife, will also speak Thursday night, discussing some of her own charitable work overseas. :eyes:
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