Palin Stands Up to Porkers
Washington – Today, the Club for Growth PAC praised Alaska Governor Sarah Palin for standing up to her state’s famous porkers, Republican Senator Ted Stevens and Republican Representative Don Young, notorious for securing $223 million in taxpayer money for Alaska’s “Bridge to Nowhere.”
According to the Associated Press, Governor Palin ordered the state transportation department to abandon the taxpayer-funded travesty connecting Gravina Island, population 50, to a larger island in southeastern Alaska and find the most “fiscally responsible” alternative for accessing the airport on Gravina Island.
According to poll numbers released by the Club for Growth PAC in July, Republican primary voters in Alaska are fed up with their representatives’ wasteful spending. 66% of respondents disapproved of spending taxpayer dollars on the “Bridge to Nowhere,” while 71% favored cutting federal spending even at the cost of reducing Alaska’s share of federal funds.
Furthermore, it is clear that these same Alaska Republicans are rallying to reformer Sarah Palin over the ethically-challenged porker Ted Stevens. According to never-before released poll numbers, the Club for Growth PAC found that Governor Palin has a sky-high favorability rating of 89% among Republican primary voters and an unfavorability rating of only 4%! In addition, Governor Palin would clean Senator Stevens’ pork-filled clock in a head-to-head primary challenge, winning 56%-32%.
“Clearly, Alaska taxpayers are sick and tired of wasteful spending and outlandish pork projects,” said Club for Growth President Pat Toomey. “Like the rest of the country, Republican primary voters in Alaska are ready for a change and are rallying to the fiscally responsible leadership embodied by Governor Palin.”
The following poll surveyed 300 likely Republican primary voters in Alaska on July 15, 2007. It was conducted by Basswood Research and has a margin of error of +/-5.66%.
Please tell me whether you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of each of the following. If you have no opinion of the person, just say so. “Sarah Palin.”
Favorable - 88.7%
Unfavorable - 4.3%
No opinion - 6%
Never heard of - 1%If the Republican primary election for U.S. Senate was held today, and the candidates were Ted Stevens and Sarah Palin, for whom would you vote?
Stevens - 31.7%
Palin - 56%
Undecided - 12.3%Do you approve or disapprove of spending $223 million in federal tax money to build a bridge from Ketchikan to Gravina Island, which is sometimes referred to as the “Bridge to Nowhere”?
Approve - 24.7%
Disapprove - 66%
DK/Refused - 9.3%All things being equal, for whom would you be more likely to vote for Congress? A candidate who wants to cut overall federal spending, even if that includes cutting some money that would come to Alaska or a candidate who is willing to increase overall spending on federal programs, as long as more federal spending and projects come to Alaska?
Cut spending - 71%
Bring projects - 17.3%
DK/Refused - 11.7%Would you say each of the following statements is true or untrue? “Ted Stevens has done some good things for Alaska, but after forty years in Washington, it’s time for a change.”
True - 47%
Untrue - 44.7%
DK/Refused - 8.3%
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