Wearing high waders and a T-shirt, former Governor Sarah Palin talked to CNN while sporting a ponytail. I believe the interview was meant to clarify her decision to abdicate her high-ranking political office, but it only served to raise more questions.

“I want to help Alaska in different venues, on a different level,” she said.

“I’m certainly not a quitter, I’m a fighter,” she explained as she stood near the water, making ready to embark on a family fishing trip.

“The best thing for Alaska is for me not to run again,” Palin declared, making vague references to “pretty tough” conditions and saying she was surrounded by a “political bloodsport.”

“I can’t see me being out of public service,” Palin hedged when asked directly about the possibility that she might run for the Presidency in 2012. During her interview, the ex-Gov made vague references to political attacks, ethics violations and even called herself a “lame duck.”

Just to remind you, this is the woman who was almost our Vice President.