US oil firms have given John McCain three times more declared campaign money than to Democratic nominee, Barack Obama. Big oil contributions to the Republican Party outweigh oil money to the Democrats by a similar ratio.
Sarah Palin hasn't been in the game long enough to have shown all her political colors but on one key issue she has made herself abundantly clear. Oil drilling in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge......
Sarah Palin's strong support for drilling in the ANWR is no great surprise considering her all-Alaska background. It is hard to win office in the "last frontier" state without backing increased exploitation of natural resources.
Palin's husband is also an employee of British Petroleum - the British oil giant with significant interests in Alaska's oil wealth. That said, Palin, like the new McCain, has come out in favor of reaching beyond Alaska to America's coastlines.
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