After the speech, one of Palins Alaska assistants was interviewed. He mentions that she is not a rookie in debates. She went up again Frank Murkowski for the governor of Alaska and beat him. He was in the US Senate for 22 years. Apparently she won the debate.

In regards to the comments regarding the telepromter etc. The real cheap shot came from the media on NBC and CNN who both brought up the fact that the speech was written for her. Duh. But they never mention that in regards to other politicians during the conventions. The governor of Hawaii also gave a speech, that was probably written for her. Probably the most boring speech I ever heard.