"Sarah complained about the "old boy's club" when she first ran for Mayor, so what did she bring Wasilla? A new set of "old boys". Palin fired most of the experienced staff she inherited. At the City and as Governor she hired or elevated new, inexperienced, obscure people, creating a staff totally dependent on her for their jobs and eternally grateful and fiercely loyal — loyal to the point of abusing their power to further her personal agenda, as she has acknowledged happened in the case of pressuring the State's top cop (see below)."
Sounds like actual "change" to me.
"She is solidly Republican: no political maverick. The State party leaders hate her because she has bit them in the back and humiliated them."
They hate her because, it sounds like she's a political maverick after all. Or what is the complaint here?
"As an oil producer, the high price of oil has created a budget surplus in Alaska. Rather than invest this surplus in technology that will make us energy independent and increase efficiency, as Governor she proposed distribution of this surplus to every individual in the state."
That alone is worth voting for her. They did the same thing here in Nevada when they ran a surplus (used the DMV to refund money).
o social conservative: mixed. Opposes gay marriage, BUT vetoed a bill that would have denied benefits to employees in same-sex relationships (said she did this because it was unconsitutional). <BR>
o pro-creationism: mixed. Supports it, BUT did nothing as Governor to promote it. <BR>
o "Pro-life": mixed. Knowingly gave birth to a Down's syndrome baby BUT declined to call a special legislative session on some <NOBR>pro-life</NOBR> legislation. <BR>
Sounds a lot like what Biden said this morning on Meet the Press when asked "when does life begin?"
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