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===State Economy===
===State Economy===
Palin opposed the Gravina Island Bridge project (better known as the ("Bridge to Nowhere"), a $398 million bridge would have connected Ketchikan, on one island in southeastern Alaska, to its airport on another nearby island. Because of the excessive amount of pork-barrel spending in the project, she would not fund the the $329 million that was short for the budget.<ref>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/22/alaska.bridge.ap/</ref> She instead said that the best option would be to upgrade the ferry system.
Palin opposed the Gravina Island Bridge project (better known as the "Bridge to Nowhere"), a $398 million bridge would have connected Ketchikan, on one island in southeastern Alaska, to its airport on another nearby island. Because of the excessive amount of pork-barrel spending in the project, she would not fund the the $329 million that was short for the budget.<ref>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/22/alaska.bridge.ap/</ref> She instead said that the best option would be to upgrade the ferry system.
===Foreign Policy===
===Foreign Policy===