You say she cut spending as Governor of Alaska. Fair enough. Was the state budget smaller after her two years in office, or larger?
Now, back to my first question: What programs or agencies does she advocate cutting from the federal behemoth?
And since so much of Alaska's economy is based upon oil, and so much of the state is owned by the federal government, the state is the source of infrastructure revenues for many localities - and that spending is cyclical, tied to the price of oil.
So, yes, spending did increase overall under Palin - but that is a reflection of the fact that the tax revenues were there for cyclical infrastructure spending.
And she cut half a billion in spending with use of the line-item veto.
So she did cut wasteful spending, and that's the key point.
So she has a history of upholding her campaign promises, so when she talks in generalities about cutting federal spending, I believe we will see specific proposals when and if she actually runs - and delivery upon promises if she wins.
But we don't know that about Keyes, do we, since he never has come even close to winning.