California: Ken Khachigian

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. -- Former Ronald Reagan speechwriter Ken Khachigian recommended that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin make a tour across eastern and southern parts of California during the fall, because her credentials as a vice presidential nominee would be a good fit for voters in that part of the state.

Khachigian, speaking at a caucus breakfast for the California delegation to the Republican National Convention, said that if nothing else, doing so would force Democrats to spend money in California that they couldn't spend elsewhere.