If those two examples are all you have to support your position, then you can't support it. The Alaska legislature (not the Governor) raised severence taxes on the oil companies in Alaska from 20% to 22.5% one year after changing from a gross proceeds to a net proceeds tax (BTW this was at the request of the oil companies). Given the corruption associated with the initial tax bill, I don't think you can take her support for a higher rate as making her a tax and spend politician. As for the $1200 checks, there have been none, as the legislature will make that decision as well. That proposal was floated as an idea to help mitigate critical rises in energy costs to individuals in Alaska (some of whom will be paying $7 a gallon for heating oil next winter). Basically, the proposal to the state legislature for action was to give to Alaskans some of the increased receipts received by the state from its sale of the state's oil due to record high prices. I suppose you feel that keeping that money in state coffers to be spent on bigger government would make her more conservative.
I am not particularly supportive of the idea of her as VP, but your comments are not fair.
Sarah Palin Ultra-Conservative?
You must not read the blogs in Alaska Politics. Sarah ran as a republican but has shown to be more liberal than most of the democrat legislators in the Alaska government. She has recently been compared to Hugo Chavez in the way she has raised taxes and has been passing out entitlements in the form of $1200.00 checks to all Alaskans like they were bubble gum. If that is conservative then I don't understand the definition.