Momentum builds up on day 3 of U.S. Republican convention

"She will speak as a governor, a former mayor and someone with both hands on the steering wheel of America's energy economy," Tucker Eskew, a senior McCain adviser, told reporters.

"She will detail her record of shaking up the status quo in Alaska and standing up to entrenched interests to put the government back on the side of the people," Eskew added.

US Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain  (2nd R) and his wife Cindy (R) head in for a shopping trip  at The Buckeye Corner in Columbus, Ohio, with running mate  Alaska Governor Sarah Palin (3rd L), her husband Todd (L)  and their daughters Piper (3rd R) and Willow (2nd L) Aug.  29, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

Among the other speakers participating in Wednesday evening's program are former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee. All the three speakers were rivals of McCain in the primary.

According to convention organizers, the speakers' remarks will reflect the convention's overall theme, "Country First," and the touchstone theme for Wednesday's events, which is "reform."

Editor:Gao Jia