Former presidential candidate and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said now that Mitt Romney has won the Florida primary, it's time to end the negative campaigning and focus "on what's important as we go forward."
Palin, in an interview with Fox News, said the negative rhetoric "didn't paint the party or the cause in good colors."
She also said it was very difficult for Newt Gingrich to recover from the barrage of negative advertising.
"Seventeen million dollars spent in one state, that's a lot of darts and arrows thrown in one direction and a lot of darts and arrows thrown in the other," Palin said. Comparing Gingrich's experience in the Florida campaign to a boxing match, she continued, "When the bell is rung, it's very tough to unring that bell, regardless of surrogates."
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In response to Fox News' questions, Palin again dodged the issue of who she will endorse, or vote for if she were a Nevada resident. Nevada's caucuses are Saturday.
She said if she were a Nevada resident, she'd vote "for whomever it is that allows the process to continue. ... Right now, it still looks as if it's Newt."
Palin said her No. 1 wish was to see a continued debate on the issues and solutions for the nation's problems.
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