As you already noted she is pro-Second Amendment and PRO-life.... This nation's economy is energy based and after nearly a year of $3.00 - $4.00 gallon of gas it was refreshing to hear someone who has been educated and literally did something about production of the most vital requirement for economic growth.
Interesting that I would need to have to write so much about one issue to explain what that one issue means to our economy. I think you have other issues which you will not openly say!!!!
However, neither oil nor gas presents a long-term solution to our energy needs. The long-term key is nuclear, and Palin has not said or done much of anything to indicate is familiar with the key issues surrounding nuclear.
I haven't heard her say anything substantive about Yucca Mountain. I haven't heard her say much of anything about fuel reprocessing. I haven't heard her say anything about the onerous regulatory regime that is preventing expansion of nuclear power.
So yes, she knows a lot about oil and gas, and more oil and gas extraction is key to our energy policy in the medium term. In the long-term, she really doesn't have anything substantive to say.