If the report is true, I doubt she’s going there because she likes corn:
TheIowaRepublican.com has learned that former Alaska Governor and Vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin could be the featured speaker for the Iowa Family Policy Center’s fall fundraiser in Des Moines on November 21. The appearance would be Palin’s first in Iowa since the 2008 campaign and would come just four days after her book, “Going Rogue: An American Life” hits bookstores.
In an ironic twist, Palin’s appearance would occur just across the street from the Iowa Democratic Party’s Jefferson Jackson Dinner, which will be held at Hy-Vee Hall. The Iowa Family Policy Center was originally scheduled to hold its event at Hy-Vee Hall, but IFPC was asked to relocate once the Iowa Democratic Party confirmed Vice President Biden as its keynote speaker. As a consolation, the Iowa Events Center reportedly offered IFPC Action the 16,000 seat Wells Fargo Arena at a greatly reduced rate.
What was an inconvenience has now becomes a tremendous opportunity for the Iowa Family Policy Center and Sarah Palin herself. Both Palin and IFPC Action have been willing to take political risks to promote the principles for which they stand. Palin’s apparent selection of IFPC’s event as her first foray into Iowa is a perfect match.
The possibility that Sarah Palin will be on stage in Wells Fargo Arena at the same time as Vice President Biden speaks in Hy-Vee Hall would once again bring the national spotlight back to Iowa. The event would also become an opportunity for conservatives, Republicans, and traditional marriage supporters to send a strong message to Vice President Biden and the Democrats gathered across the street by turning out in the thousands.
The appearance would fit Palin’s persona of having incredible timing and a knack for delivering must-see theatrics. While Palin has her critics, nobody would question her ability to wow a crowd like she did at the 2008 Republican National Convention or deliver outstanding one-liners like she did during the vice-presidential debates with Biden.
She’s definitely thinking about running.
October 28th, 2009 at 1:23 pm
I might have to make a trip to Des Moines that day and watch all the fun.
October 28th, 2009 at 2:37 pm
Well, if you want to see this, better start contributing to the Iowa Family Policy Center. Palin won’t show unless they pay her $100,000. You would think she would cut her rate for a cause that is supposedly so near and dear to her heart.