JMHawkins: Plus, she’s familiar with how oil gets out of the ground and into our cars. Oil will play a big role in this election, and Americans are not really buying the “drilling won’t solve all our problems” line Obama has been peddling.
Well, McCain is right there with Obama on oil, voting against drilling ANWR every time. And the vice-president is not the Decider, not even Cheney.
Clioman: I suspect that the real test–at least for the base, anyway–will be her position on illegal immigration. She hasn’t had to deal w/that politically, since Alaska doesn’t have a big problem w/illegals.
She cut a bunch of rebate checks for legal residents of Alaska (Americans who have lived in Alaska for at least 12 months) from their oil revenue surplus fund. She has no track record on immigration, but my guess is she’s all about following the rules. Meaning no amnesty, no “path to citizenship” for those who willfully broke the law.
