As usual, RCP's Scott Conroy breaks big Sarah Palin news.
In the latest indication that her sights are still set on a presidential run, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has accepted an invitation to keynote a Tea Party rally in Waukee, Iowa, on Sept. 3.
.... The outdoor rally on the first Saturday in September will take place at a field in Waukee, located just outside of Des Moines, and will be hosted by the Tea Party of America -- an Iowa-based political action committee that was founded in May.
The midday affair will be the new group's kickoff event and is sure to generate a large crowd and massive media attention.
Palin's path to the nomination gets much, much more difficult with Perry jumping in and Bachmann surging (Btw, you have to say "Bachmann surge" when writing about her these days. It's the biggest windfall for the word "surge" since Iraq or Afghanistan).
Here's the ironic thing. A lot of politicians say they don't base their decisions to run on whether others jump in. But almost everyone does.
Palin, meanwhile, has repeatedly said she'll make her decision based on who runs, but of all politicians, she's probably the one least likely to actually do that.
