Palin Urges Republican Governors to Stick
to GOP’s Bedrock Values
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said Thursday the Republican Governors Association is committed to returning to the bedrock values of the party after a battering in the Nov. 4 election left Republicans in a weakened state across the nation.
“Let us resolve not to become the negative party, too eager to find fault or unwilling to help in this time of crisis and war,” she told the gathering Thursday. “Losing an election does not have to mean losing our way, and for governors, the way forward leads through our own state capitals in reforms we will carry on or begin anew.”
Palin, whose vice presidential nomination led to her being cast as one of the GOP’s rising stars, told reporters ahead of the group’s plenary session that she’s not thinking about her personal ambitions but putting the country back on the conservative track.
“As far as we’re concerned, the past is the past, it’s behind us,” she said. “And I, like all of our governors, we’re focused on the future. And the future for us is not that 2012 presidential race. It’s next year, and our next budgets and the next reforms in our states, and it’s 2010 when we’ll have 36 governors’ positions open across the U.S.”
Nonetheless, Palin’s role in the coming years helping other Republicans get elected could be the key factor in her ability to stake a claim to the presidential nomination in 2012. Palin is hoping to rise from the ashes of a failed John McCain presidential campaign that ended with her fending off claims she is countrified and bubble-headed.
“I can assure you, she’s just getting started,” said Texas Gov. Rick Perry, introducing her, and telling her to “knock ‘em dead” at a press conference before the press conference. Read More…
