One final day. One final speech. The most famous POW gets to tell his tale of POWing out to the masses. Bring your chips and popcorn. Bristol, hold hands with Levi. The RNC ends with CODEPINK crashing the party. Thank god we got this live.

By Ben Westhoff, Photos by Nick Vlcek

As I prepare to live blog tonight, the Republican convention is electrified in anticipation of Sarah Palin’s speech. What will she say? Will she talk about the thrills of making love on a snowmobile? Will she call for greater oversight at Alaskan condom factories? At the end of her speech, will she release the nets filled with balloons in the rafters with her AK-47? Who knows? But first, other people will have to talk.

Well, citypages is moving up in the world. We’re in the top most section of the press rows, tucked behind stage right, unable to see the podium. And the Jewish Press and Der Blat flank us. The elephants love us.