Alaska (Republican) lawmakers take aim at timing of Palin trip

[sabra]

Source: CNN

(CNN) — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is coming under fire from state lawmakers, including members of her own party, over her decision to spend half of the final three days of the legislative session to headline a pro-life dinner in Indiana.

"There are some concerns about the focus of our chief executive because she's taken a speaking engagement in Indiana for a 36-hour period with only 72 hours left in the legislative session," state Rep. Jay Ramras of Fairbanks told the Anchorage Daily News.

Earlier, Palin had opted to skip a number of events, including the annual Conservative Political Action conference in Washington. Her aides had cited the demands of the state's legislative session. This weekend, she defended her decision. "I'll be gone for one day. I already have been on record with lawmakers on this," she told the ADN. "I told lawmakers, you know what, 'Please, don't make me feel that I have to ask you permission, lawmakers, to leave the capital city.' "

Two thorny issues remain unresolved as the session draws to a close. Lawmakers want to accept all the stimulus money that has been offered the state, while Palin wants to reject about a third of the nearly $931 million the federal government has offered. And her controversial pick for attorney general — the outspoken Wayne Anthony Ross — has not yet been confirmed.

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[JTFrog]

1. Ok. How about we make you feel that you have to ask permission to come back?

:spank:

[eauclaireliberal]

2. I think its time for the democratic party to change its symbol

Sarah Palin's words and actions encourage asses over elephants.

[ladywnch]

3. then fine, screw her on all these issues. Make her extend the legislative

session (which will cost taxpayers) and then broadcast her as the cause (which is true). She wasn't around to do the state's business (her job) because it was more important to her political career to a featured speaker 5 thousand miles away. See how much Alaskans mean to Gov. Palin?

[ronnykmarshall]

4. Maybe someone might run against her?

Since ol' Teddy Stevens is now "clean", maybe he might run against her sorry ass?

[gratuitous]

5. Poor schedule management

The governor high-tails it out of the state during a crucial point in the legislative session, and she's whining about people pointing out that she's abandoning her post? That sounds like the giant economy size bag of chutzpah. Couldn't she just send the First Dude down to Indiana?