ST. PAUL -- From campaign communications director Robert Gibbs:

Governor Palin was chosen in part because she has a compelling personal story and can deliver an outstanding and moving speech, and there is no doubt that she will do that tonight. What she needs to do, however, is explain her reformer credentials in light of the revelations that she supported the Bridge to Nowhere and hired a big lobbying firm to win her small town millions in earmarks. What the American people will be looking for is whether she can explain how the economic agenda offered by her and John McCain won't just be more of the same Bush policies that have left millions of families struggling to fill up their gas tanks, pay their medical bills, or make their mortgage payments.

(ht Halperin)