By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist

By now, no one's surprised at what slips out of Sarah Palin's mouth. On Wednesday, Palin offered her services to Barack Obama. Really.

But will he ask for her help?

Palin told CNN's Wolf Blitzer: "It would be my honor to assist and support our new president and the new administration."

That's nice of her. But why would Obama request any assistance from Palin?

On energy matters, one of her area of expertise, she and Obama are far apart. Palin is the original "drill, baby, drill" lady, while Obama is far more cautious about looking for oil in America.

It's also not exactly clear how sincere Palin is about helping Obama.

She told Blitzer, for instance, she was concerned about Obama's possible ties to William Ayers, the former Weather Underground member.

"If anybody still wants to talk about it, I will," Palin said. "Because this is an unrepentant domestic terrorist who had campaigned to blow up, to destroy our Pentagon and our U.S. Capitol."

But Palin quickly added, "Now is the time to move on and make sure all of us are doing all that we can to progress this nation."

That's for sure, although Palin probably shouldn't keep looking at her cell phone, expecting a call from Obama any time soon.