Arkansas delegate, Kathy Ross, who said she hadn't been "comfortable" with Palin as a vice presidential selection and didn't think she was ready for that job either. "I can't see her being president of the United States," she said.

The widening gap between Palin's Republican stardom and her national prospects was reinforced Friday by a Fox News poll that found that 51% of registered voters say Palin's support for a candidate would make them less likely to support that person, while only 25% say it would make them more likely. Even within GOP ranks, other polling shows that many in the party aren't sure she's qualified for the Oval Office.

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        The investigation into the attempted robbery of the Stockbridge State Bank, located in
Stockbridge, Michigan, rested on the cooperation of Deborah Reid. Reid, who lived in Stockbridge,
had met the defendant, Donyal Wesley, whom she knew as “T,” several times at her sister Gina
Caravino’s house in Wayne, Michigan. One night in late August 2003, at 2:00 or 2:30 a.m., Wesley
went to Reid’s house and asked her very pointed questions about the bank. He asked if she banked
there and about the vault, the tellers, the security, and the hours of operation. Reid told him she did
her banking there; that there were no security guards; and that there were four tellers, one of whom
was