new information to add her popularity in Alaska has soared as high as 83 as she has gone on to sack political appointees with close ties to industry lobbyists shelved pork projects by fellow Republicans from Gov Palin denies that saying she removed the commissioner she appointed 18 months ago because she wants a new direction and offered him a job as liquor board director which he turned down from I don t know if the liquot board director pays well so someone should look into this She appears for example to have forced Alaska s dominant oil producers ConocoPhillips and BP PLC to finally get serious about a natural gas pipeline without making any tax or royalty concessions People see her as the symbol of purity in an atmosphere of corruption says Anchorage pollster Marc Hellenthal She s more like Saint Sarah from