Palin tells Republicans to put aside differences

Tulsa, Oklahoma: Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin said on Wednesday it's time for Republican Party bosses to put aside their differences and capitalise on a series of victories by anti-establishment Tea Party-backed candidates heading into the November election.

The 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate told the enthusiastic crowd of about 1,000 at a gala in Tulsa that voters have six weeks until they can turn things around and "rein in" the federal government and "its growth and overreach into our businesses and into our families and into our individual lives" and allow states' rights to prevail.

Palin also cheered Tuesday's political upsets by candidates affiliated with the Tea Party movement, including Christine O'Donnell's surprise win in Delaware over a moderate veteran congressman for a US Senate seat.

Palin also endorsed former New Hampshire Attorney General Kelly Ayotte, who won that state's Republican nomination to the Senate.