What's behind Sarah Palin's surprise trip to the Iowa State Fair?

Christian Science Monitor ^ | August 11, 2011 | Peter Grier

[Georgia Girl 2]

I hear ya. I’m a Bachmann fan. I was kind of hoping Perry would not run but it looks like he is.

[tsowellfan]

I hope Perry picks Governor LePage to be his VP

[CondoleezzaProtege]

you do realize that unlike with Gingrich and Santorum, Fox depends on Palin for RATINGS — they BOTH benefit by allowing her to stay on as long as she can before she decides.

DUH

[tsowellfan]

I hope Perry picks Governor LePage to be his VP

Actually forget it. Maine needs LePage. It's the Presidency or nothing.

[Jonty30]

She could very well announce her official resignation and her candidacy in about thirty seconds of airtime.

For all you know she has already unofficially resigned.

[CondoleezzaProtege]

OOPS, I didn't mean to sound rude in my previous post by ending with "DUH" -- just got a little excited there and realized after posting that the comment may come off badly. Sorry about that. :)

you do realize that unlike with Gingrich and Santorum, Fox depends on Palin for RATINGS — they BOTH benefit by allowing her to stay on as long as she can before she decides.

[samtheman]

I’m going to let that one go. I agree with you, but I’m going to let that one go. Everyone is entitled to one mistake. Everyone.

[GoCards]

None taken :)

[org.whodat]

How dumb!!! Do you want a list of all the people in the media that only travel by Personal RVs. Some people do not like planes and some people do not wish to deal with the TSA.

[RINOs suck]

I wonder how Sarah is going to handle this?

By endorsing him? Discussing a position as Energy Secretary in his administration?

[samtheman]

She could very well announce her official resignation and her candidacy in about thirty seconds of airtime. For all you know she has already unofficially resigned.

That's true. All those who say "she can't run because she hasn't quit Fox yet" have their heads up their butts.

Palin's options are completely open at this point. Completely.

[winoneforthegipper]

Ur grasping....that’s okay....lol

[EveningStar]

I think she just likes to mess with appear before the media.

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Fixed.

[FARS]

Good analysis. Totally agree.

[ken5050]

She has a craving for deep-fried butter, deep-fried Coca-Cola.

[Sea Parrot]

No, more than that, she announced weeks ago she would be taking her One Nation Tour to Iowa, so whats the surprise.

[Louis Foxwell]

s it your position that a candidate for office should not be an attention seeker?

[TrumpisRight]

>> Perry is just lining up to be Sarahs veep. <<

BINGO.....

[lonevoice]

Palin’s going to be in Iowa next week. Perry’s going to be in Iowa next week. Obummer’s going to be in Iowa next week. The planets are aligning, they are triangulating their position. Now what? Personally, I’m hoping Palin and Perry are going to use their combined powers to open a supermassive black hole in the space time continuum and disappear Obummer right into some alternate universe where we will never hear from him again. Or something like that.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Do you realize that then former Governor Ronald Reagan waited until November 13, 1979 to declare for the 1980 race for president? That was before Facebook, Twitter, the 24/7 cable news cycle and bloggers. Remind me how that turned out.