"I think my problem is that I do have the fire in my belly. I am so adamantly supportive of the good, traditional things about America and our free enterprise system, and I want to make sure that America is put back on the right track, and we only do that by defeating Obama in 2012. I have that fire in my belly." Sarah Palin discussing her potential run for president
That's her problem. All fire -- all ambition. But when it comes to actually doing something, she's totally incompetent.
Regarding her support for the free enterprise system, Alaska was -- and is -- one of the biggest recipients of federal tax money in relation to taxes paid into the system. As of last August:
Alaska received nearly twice the national average [in federal funds], taking in $20,351.13 per resident, the most of any American state. The state with the second-highest total in per-capita federal funds received was Virginia, at $19,734.