From HumanEvents.com:
“I’ll tell you, I think that the possibility of this ever happening is so far out there, that it’s tough to get my arms around and even contemplate,” Palin told us, so I don’t have an answer.” But, she quickly added, “I would like to see a governor on that ticket. I do think a governor understands, being on the front lines there, serving the constituents, how to administer. I think that’s very important for a team that would be serving in the White House.”
Palin also made it clear she didn’t believe that her differences over drilling for oil in ANWR with her party’s certain presidential nominee were insurmountable. In her words, “ I think he needs a running mate who sees the light regarding resource development, and how domestic resource development can help secure the United States. I’m very encouraged by McCain’s candidacy, though, because he so understands our national security issues. Much more so, obviously, than the Democrats who are running. So there’s encouragement there, and there’s hope there. I don’t think there’s any hope for Hillary or Barack to ever want to explore this idea of allowing federal lands that happen to be in the 49th state to be opened up for development.”
On ANWR drilling, which President Bush failed to get through the Senate when it was in Republican hands, the governor is still hopeful. “We want it to happen,” she said, “Alaskans want to open up the lands for that development, for the contributions that are potential here for the rest of the US.” Palin went on to note that “it’s really a pathetic situation
“And I have to ask lawmakers in Washington, DC, who have prohibited this drilling in ANWR if they’re doing all they can to secure the United States. When you consider, too, the geology that we’re talking about here, and the physical space that’s even needed to drill now, about a 2,000 acre plot, because of directional drilling and new technology, allowing such a small footprint to even be placed upon the tundra up north, it’s about 2,000 acres, which is smaller than the size of LAX and other big-city airports, that we would need to drill, and allow these resources to finally be tapped and to flow into hungry markets, and make us more secure. I think it’s so short-sighted.”