Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) has upped her stock in the GOP veepstakes by calling for drilling in her state while John McCain should not bring columnist Bill Kristol on board as an adviser, conservatives note. Liberals meanwhile slam House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) for claiming of victory on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) overhaul after caving into GOP demands.
Palin is now a politician to watch after she penned a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) imploring him to ok drilling, The Weekly Standard