This is her chance to prove to delegates that she can help John McCain win the White House despite Democrats’ claims she’s a gimmick pick.

The president says while it’s too early to assess damage to oil facilities off the Gulf Coast, the storm should prompt Congress to OK more domestic oil development.

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani was scheduled to give the keynote address tonight, but former Senator Fred Thompson and Senator Joe Lieberman will speak instead.

Sources confirm Governor Mitt Romney and Governor Tim Pawlenty are out as possible VP choices for Senator John McCain.  As the political community turned desperate for clues, speculation moved toward Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the so-called “hockey mom” credited with reforms of her out-of-the-way state.