Getting Rs elected to Governorships will not only be key for day-to-day State legislating and possible US senate appointments, but also for the coming effort to get the out of control Federal gov't "back in its box" through State legislation and lawsuits. RKBA would be much safer, too.
Not only that, but it pretty much would hose the Demonrats’ chances to find a challenger to Palin in 2016. ;^)