Could there have been any circumstance....

[dennis4868]

where the media would have said that Palin did not perform well? As long as she read the lines on the teleprompter correctly the media was going to go nuts over her....they are already comparing her to Reagan. What is that all about?

And no one should say that is what Obama does...simply read from the teleprompter. When Obama speaks he is inspiring, uplifting, motivating and makes you want to get the hell out of your house and become a public servant to make this country better.

[WeDidIt]

1. When Obama speaks, he wrote the speech

Every word of his 42 minute acceptance speech was written by him, not his speech writers.

Obama never gives a speech he didn't spend a lot of time writing or working with his writers.

[liberal N proud]

3. You will never hear that said about Palin

They have her on such a short leash, controlling everything she says and does.

[Marsala]

2. If she delivered it *really* poorly, they would have been ambivalent

But there was basically zero chance of that. She's a politician of some (small time) experience. They knew she could do public speaking. If it seemed likely that she couldn't deliver the speech well, they (meaning McCain) seriously would have thrown her under the bus.