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Sarah Palin has already done what all these others have promised and failed to do ... [i] she took down the corrupt wing of her state party, [ii] sold the state jet, [iii] lived in her own home rather than the state mansion, [iv] drove herself to work, [v] told Exxon that the oil under Alaska belongs to the people of Alaska first. Imagine her in charge of this country. She should be elected Queen!

That's the type of thing that might work in Alaska but would it work in a larger state (population wise) with an entrenched bureaucracy and a more diverse population?

And the forces against reform in Washington D.C. are infinitely greater than anything Palin faced in Alaska. It's the difference between fighting at a featherweight level and fighting at the super heavyweight level. There's no way to describe how much more difficult it is to function on the banks of the Potomac than in Anchorage. Even Ronald Reagan commented on how much tougher the political environment was in Washington than anything he ever faced in Sacramento. It's like night and day.