Alaskan Governor Takes Aim At Big Oil

Sarah Palin, Republican governor of Alaska, is taking a risky move in taking on the oil companies and go against the grain of the Republican Party. Palin has been fighting against corruption in Alaska, taking on her own party, even before being elected as Governor. She has an interesting story and her name has been tossed around as a potential running mate for John McCain, while it is unlikely seeing as most of America knows little about her.

ANCHORAGE (Reuters) - Alaska’s Sarah Palin has made a habit of taking on big opponents and winning, but the Republican governor is facing her toughest fight yet after locking horns with the state’s powerful oil industry.

Palin, 44 has taken direct aim at the traditional comfortable partnership between the big three oil companies in the state - BP , ConocoPhillips, and Exxon Mobil, and the state Republican party.

“The oil companies have been hugely influential in Alaska, certainly over the last decade and a half with the prior two administrations,” Palin told Reuters in a recent interview.

“(For) Alaskans, as owners of the resource … it is time to embrace our sovereignty.”

Palin’s clashes with the three giants that control the state’s vital oil industry have endeared her to some Alaskans wary of the companies’ power.

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Source: Reuters

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February 26, 2008 | Filed Under 2008 Presidential Election, Republican