Well, the religious fundamentalists might adore her, but how is the "no new taxes" crowd going to take this news?
After being elected Wasilla mayor, one of Palin's first acts was to increase Wasilla's sales tax by 2% to pay for an arena and convention center for the town of 7,000 people:
At 32, she was elected mayor of Wasilla, a burgeoning bedroom community outside Anchorage. Though Alaskans tend to be ferociously anti-tax, she persuaded Wasilla voters to increase the local sales tax to pay for an indoor arena and convention center. The tax referendum won by 20 votes.
Raising taxes is bad enough, but Alaska is one of only 15 states that tax ther residents on groceries. That's right, Middle America. Sarah Palin raised taxes on groceries.
That's not very family friendly. An article entitled, Shrinking packages, pricier foods fluster parents
notes that families are even cutting back on their kids school lunches. Family incomes are shrinking. You see, food prices are up 6% this year, while household income went up an anemic 1.3 percent
When the city of Juneau decided to allocate some of its sales taxes to a bronze scuplture of a whale, Juneau Assembly member Sara Chambers put it brilliantly:
"If we can afford to pay $500,000 for a piece of art, we don't need to tax people on milk and broccoli,"
I think the same might apply to an arena for a town of 7,000 people.
John McCain is known to be a big time gambler. Looks like he rolled snake-eyes.