Beyond thin

Sarah Palin has no stated position on most of the issues.

OnTheIssues.org is a website that catalogues politicians’ issue stances.

Here’s the complete listing for Sarah Palin:

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Sarah Palin on Budget & Economy

Aim to reduce general fund spending by $150 million. (Jan 2007)

Sarah Palin on Civil Rights

Marriage only be between and man and a woman. (Nov 2006)

Sarah Palin on Corporations

No issue stance yet recorded by OnTheIssues.org.

Sarah Palin on Crime

If legislature passed death penalty law, I would sign it. (Nov 2006)

Sarah Palin on Drugs

No issue stance yet recorded by OnTheIssues.org.

Sarah Palin on Education

Fully fund K-12 and support early funding of education. (Jan 2007)

Sarah Palin on Energy & Oil

Stranded Gas Development Act no longer applies. (Nov 2006)

Get ANWR open. (Nov 2006)

Sarah Palin on Environment

Provide stability in regulations for developers. (Jan 2007)

Convince the rest of the nation to open ANWR. (Jan 2007)

Sarah Palin on Families & Children

No issue stance yet recorded by OnTheIssues.org.

Sarah Palin on Foreign Policy

No issue stance yet recorded by OnTheIssues.org.

Sarah Palin on Free Trade

No issue stance yet recorded by OnTheIssues.org.

Sarah Palin on Government Reform

No issue stance yet recorded by OnTheIssues.org.

Sarah Palin on Gun Control

Supports Constitutional right to bear arms. (Nov 2006)

Sarah Palin on Health Care

Flexibility in government regulations to allow competition. (Nov 2006)

Sarah Palin on Homeland Security

Promote from within, in Alaska’s National Guard. (Nov 2006)

Sarah Palin on Immigration

No issue stance yet recorded by OnTheIssues.org.

Sarah Palin on Jobs

No issue stance yet recorded by OnTheIssues.org.

Sarah Palin on Local Issues

No issue stance yet recorded by OnTheIssues.org.

Sarah Palin on Principles & Values

No issue stance yet recorded by OnTheIssues.org.

Sarah Palin on Social Security

Fund the Seniors Longevity Bonus Program. (Nov 2006)

Sarah Palin on Tax Reform

Repeal “nuisance taxes” including the tire tax. (Jan 2007)

Sarah Palin on Technology

No issue stance yet recorded by OnTheIssues.org.

Sarah Palin on War & Peace

No issue stance yet recorded by OnTheIssues.org.

Sarah Palin on Welfare & Poverty

No issue stance yet recorded by OnTheIssues.org.

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Summary: only specifics are on a few parochial issues. On national issues, it’s mostly silence, with a little bit of right-wing boilerplate. And apparently Palin and McCain haven’t spent any substantial time together. So he’s not only asking us to buy a pig in a poke, he just bought one himself.

Author: Mark Kleiman

Professor of Public Policy at the NYU Marron Institute for Urban Management and editor of the Journal of Drug Policy Analysis. Teaches about the methods of policy analysis about drug abuse control and crime control policy, working out the implications of two principles: that swift and certain sanctions don't have to be severe to be effective, and that well-designed threats usually don't have to be carried out. Books: Drugs and Drug Policy: What Everyone Needs to Know (with Jonathan Caulkins and Angela Hawken) When Brute Force Fails: How to Have Less Crime and Less Punishment (Princeton, 2009; named one of the "books of the year" by The Economist Against Excess: Drug Policy for Results (Basic, 1993) Marijuana: Costs of Abuse, Costs of Control (Greenwood, 1989) UCLA Homepage Curriculum Vitae Contact: Markarkleiman-at-gmail.com