“Barack Obama and I both have spent quite some time on the basketball court,” Palin told a raucous crowd of more than 5,000 at the convention center. “But where I come from, you have to win the game before you start cutting down the net.”…

“You kinda get the feeling that the Obama campaign thinks this whole election process is just a formality,” she said. “They’ve overlooked, though, the minor detail of earning your confidence and your trust and winning your vote.

“And judging from the media coverage, it does seem the coronation is already set,” Palin said.