Sarah Palin's 'One Nation' bus tour resumes, first stop Iowa on eve of Ames Straw Poll

From the New York Daily News: Sarah Palin's 'One Nation' bus tour resumes, first stop Iowa on eve of Ames Straw Poll
Just when you think Sarah Palin is out, she shoves herself back in.

After a two-month break from her "One Nation" bus tour, the former Alaska governor and presidential flirt is resuming her jaunt across America and heading to Iowa this week.

She'll make a stop in Des Moines at the State Fair on Friday - the eve of the state's much-hyped Ames Straw Poll and just before a GOP debate at Iowa State University on Thursday.

Palin won't participate in the two events, however, because she's not officially a candidate, according to the Des Moines Register.

"State fairs hold a special place in our nation's history and heritage, so my family is honored to highlight one of them on one stop along the One Nation Tour route - America's historic Iowa State Fair!" Palin wrote to supporters of her political action committee, SarahPAC on Wednesday.

She added, "I'm also excited to try some of that famous fried butter-on-a-stick, fried cheesecake-on-a-stick, fried twinkies, etc. I'll enjoy them in honor of those who'd rather make us just 'eat our peas!'" she said, referring to Obama's previous remarks insisting Congress needed to eat its vegetables and pass a debt deal.

The former vice presidential candidate fueled speculation of a presidential run after she announced the bus tour and traveled from Washington D.C. to New England in May.

At the end of June she said the tour had been momentarily halted for jury duty and the tour would resume "when the time comes."

Palin has said she'll decide on running for the Oval Office by fall. Skeptics insist Palin has no intention of running and that she is simply creating hype for publicity.

The pit stop to the early voting state comes as eight GOP presidential hopefuls get ready to square off in Iowa. Texas Gov. Rick Perry is also expected to make his intentions of running official on Saturday.

Palin has been accused of stealing the limelight from other candidates before, most recently when she rolled her bus tour into New Hampshire this summer on the same day former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney announced his presidential run.

Alaska's most famous hockey mom also stopped at the Hawkeye State in June to attend the premiere of a documentary about herself - the same day Obama was in the state and a day after Michele Bachmann made her candidacy official, also in Iowa.