Gov. Sarah Palin said Tuesday she wasn’t ready to back any candidate for president but had narrowed it down to two — fellow Republicans Sen. John McCain of Arizona and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee.
Palin said she was trying to find time off the state clock to study where the two candidates stood on national security, resource development, and a natural gas pipeline, and had calls in to both campaigns.
“I would ideally love to speak with them personally on their positions on resources and national security,” she said.
Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell, also a Republican, went a different way. He said Tuesday in Fairbanks that he was backing Mitt Romney, another Republican and former governor of Massachusetts.
“He’s clued into the resource economy here,” Parnell said, adding that he had researched the candidates’ Web sites and spoken with Romney in person.
The Republican preference vote and the Democratic caucus are both scheduled to take place Tuesday.
Palin laughed at the idea that her endorsement mattered at the national level.
“In the grand scheme of things, it doesn’t really matter who Sarah Palin or any other governor picks,” she said.
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