Addia Wuchner

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Among the Kentuckians interviewed today by PolitickerKY.com, the sentiment was nearly universal that Gov. Sarah Palin (R-Alaska) could connect with undecided voters if she presented her personality and background in her speech this evening.

“I think Governor Palin needs to get up there and be herself,” said Republican Party of Kentucky chair Steve Robertson. “She’s got a great story and a great personality that quite frankly makes me excited.”

“I just hope she gets up there and presents Sarah Palin to the convention,” added Robertson.

Amid continued scrutiny of Palin in the media following the revelation that her teenage daughter was pregnant, one delegate said presenting herself as a the head of a family could benefit the vice-presidential pick.

“She could show more and more how she is a real person,” said Hardin County Judge/Executive Harry Berry, an at-large delegate. “She has not only coped with the challenges that a family faces everyday but also the challenges that a government faces everyday.”

ST. PAUL, Minn. – With all eyes on Gov. Sarah Palin’s speech at the Republican National Convention this evening, Kentucky’s delegates to the convention sounded their support for her inclusion as Sen. John McCain’s running mate, even amid increased scrutiny of her record and family.

As television news networks dedicate their hours to debating Palin’s legitimacy as a pick, one delegate said her speech was of great significance.

“This is where she presents herself to the entire nation and to the Republican Convention,” said state Rep. Addia Wuchner (R-Burlington), a district delegate to the convention.

The state representative discredited coverage of the announcement that Palin’s teenage daughter was pregnant, arguing that was a private issue.

Wuchner said the matters with Palin’s family “are personal, they are private and they are not political.”

“I think its hands-off,” she added.