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Sarah Palin, a pit bull with lipstick.

Hello again, I'm Arminolny, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.

A daily look at the issues Americans care about most, reporting today from the Republican National Convention in St. Paul.

Republicans and their supporters are repeating phrases from last night's speech by Sarah Palin,

who had the crowd on its feet again and again in the XL Energy Center.

She strove to embody middle class values.

She boasted of challenging her own party while at the same time delivering lines dripping

of partisanship.

On to the point, after a slow start, the convention is energized.

But will Palin's message touch independence and uncertain Democrats?

How well did she set the stage for tonight's address by John McCain?

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Hello again, Warren Alney, back with To the Point. Alaska Governor Sarah Palin got a three-minute

ovation last night even before she began talking. As she described herself and John McCain as

mavericks willing to challenge their own party, Republican delegates continued to cheer.

They relished her use of biting sarcasm

and attacks on Barack Obama and her full-throated support of John McCain. And though both Senator Obama

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