GREAT SPEECH, KID! DON’T GET COCKY. Rove: Palin’s Toughest Days Are Still Ahead.

“She had a test last Friday and she nailed it,” Rove told a crowd gathered for a breakfast panel discussion in St. Paul, Minneapolis. “She had a test last night and she nailed it. But being the newest player on the stage, she will also be the most tested and the most judged on the stage. Everyone is going to ask: ‘When is she going to appear on a Sunday talk show program?’ ‘When is she doing to do an interview?’ ‘When is she going to give an unscripted speech?’ ‘When will she do a townhall meeting?’ ‘When will she answer questions on foreign policy?’ ‘How will she perform in a debate?'”

“And we’re going to hear more questions about her performance than about any of the other candidates,” said Rove. “The media is going to wonder, ‘How can we make this an easy storyline and the easy storyline is, ‘Can she do it?'”

Indeed.