Is It Usual for a VP Nominee to Make the Acceptance Speech Before the Roll Call?

[tekisui]

Palin is speaking just before 10 pm CST, and the Roll Call to Nominate her will follow her speech. Why does that seem ass-backwards to me?

[tekisui]

1. I guess it's no big deal?

:shrug:

[hvn_nbr_2]

2. Seems weird to me. nt

[tekisui]

3. ok. Could they be making sure to give her the National Stage

before yanking the rug out from underneath her.

I am putting the tinfoil on, and am apparently all alone on this. We'll see soon enough.

[nsd]

4. Biden spoke on Wednesday. He was nominated officially on Thursday. n/t

[tekisui]

6. Are you sure?

I thought they picked him by acclamation just before he spoke.

[NYC Liberal]

7. No, both Biden and Obama were nominated on Wednesday before either of them spoke. nt

[tekisui]

9. I thought so. I just found a video that shows it,

dated Wednesday Aug. 27th.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2008/08/27/sotvo.dnc.biden.nomination.cnn

[bushisanidiot]

5. Republicans don't go by the rules. They make them up or change them as needed

to suit their political needs.

[NYC Liberal]

8. Palin speaks, then the delegates reject her.

McCain says "Sorry - I tried" to the fundies and picks Romney or someone else.

[tekisui]

10. That's what I am watching for.

[onenote]

11. the roll call is for the presidential candidate, not the VP

That's how its often done. VP acceptance followed by presidential nomination roll call. (Democratic conventions in 2000 and 2004, for instance). The approach we took this year (roll call in late afternoon, vp speech later) was not typical of recent conventions.