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Sarah Palin prepares to deliver the speech that could make or break John McCain Last updated at 02:24am on 04.09.08

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Sarah Palin was due to break her silence in a speech early today that could make or break John McCain's White House dream.

The 44-year-old vice-presidential hopeful has so far remained silent during the furore over her surprise selection as Mr McCain's running mate and the revelation that her daughter of 17 is five months pregnant.

But Mr McCain gave her a very public vote of confidence with a hug on his arrival in St Paul, Minnesota, for the Republican convention.

Vote of confidence: John McCain hugs running mate Sarah Palin on his arrival in St Paul, Minnesota, for the Republican convention

He also embraced Mrs Palin's pregnant daughter, Bristol, and made a point of greeting the baby's father, 18-year-old Levi Johnston.

The 72-year-old senator and war hero had flown into St Paul to accept the party's presidential nomination tonight.

Both families boarded a campaign bus from the airport and drove into town together.

Mrs Palin had been holed up in her hotel room since Sunday while Mr McCain's top advisers prepare her for the speech of her life.

Pundits claim anything less than a barnstorming performance may leave Mr McCain open to damaging questions over his judgment in choosing such an inexperienced and little-known running mate.

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Warm greeting: McCain made a point of saying hello to Levi Johnston, 18, who is having a child with Palin's daughter Bristol

Two polls showed yesterday that Barak Obama had broken through the 50 per cent support milestone for the first time in the wake of his convention speech last week and the ensuing storm over the Republican vice-presidential candidate.

Gallup put Mr Obama, 47, eight points ahead of Mr McCain, by 50 per cent to 42 per cent, and Rasmussen gave the Illinois senator a 51 per cent to 45 per cent lead.

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, a leading Republican figure, said he was confident Mrs Palin would win over delegates after a no-holds-barred introduction to the hotbed of election politics, though he admitted her prime-time speech was 'high stakes'.

Make or break: McCain's advisers have been preparing her for the speech of her life

Initially caught on the hop by the staunchly conservative candidate's admission that her unmarried daughter was expecting a baby, Republicans were last night bullishly blaming sexism in the U.S. media for undermining Mrs Palin.

They insist her speech will help swing the momentum back to Mr McCain in time for his address tonight.

McCain adviser Steve Schmidt derided the vetting rumpus as 'a faux media scandal designed to destroy the first female Republican nominee' for vice president.

Slogan: Sarah Palin wearing a cheeky student T-shirt

Former presidential candidate and actor Fred Thompson told delegates that Mrs Palin is 'from a small town, with small town values, but that's not good enough for those folks who are attacking her and her family'.

It was unclear whether the former beauty queen would make any direct reference to the scandal surrounding her family.

Insiders said she planned to focus on policy issues such as energy and reform to beef up her political credibility.

Levi Johnston, the self-confessed 'redneck' and high school hockey star planning to marry Mrs Palin's pregnant daughter, was expected to join her family at the convention centre to watch the speech.

Despite Republican attempts to quash inquiries into her personal life, details continued to emerge from Alaska.

They included accusations that she has hired a private lawyer on state funds to defend herself against claims that she abused her position to try to get her sister's ex-husband fired from his police job.

She once acknowledged smoking marijuana and her husband, Todd, belonged to a fringe political group seeking Alaska's independence.

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