Erick Erickson, the editor of RedState, broke some news this morning.  He reported that Gov. Sarah Palin’s teleprompter malfunctioned last night during her speech- therefore leaving her no choice but to “wing” portions of it [or look down at her hard copy] in order to deliver the rest of her remarks. [smooth]

But wait!  Politico reporter Jonathan Martin, who sat an “eye shot” away from the teleprompter, quickly rebutted Erickson’s story. [I call Moose Sh*t]

Sarah Palin delivered a powerful speech last night, but she did not “wing it.”
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Which is what Erick Erickson, citing sources close to McCain, has written on his blog, RedState.
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Erickson writes that “the Teleprompter continued scrolling during applause breaks. As a result, half way through the speech, the speech had scrolled significantly from where Gov. Palin was in the speech.”
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This claim has been picked up on Drudge and could quickly enter into the insta-mythmaking about a speech that need not be embroidered.
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But I was sitting in the press section next to the stage, within easy eyeshot of the Teleprompter. I frequently looked up at the machine, and there was no serious malfunction. A top convention planner confirms this morning that there were no major problems.

Erickson, of course, shot back.

The Politico, which hasn’t exactly had a track record of accurate reporting, contradicts the broken teleprompter story.

Round #1 goes to J-Mart on this one – only because his post leads the RedState post with nearly 50 more comments.

Stay tuned …