Palin Running Out of Time to Decide
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Palin Running Out of Time to Decide

PELLA, Iowa — Sarah Palin made a foray into this key early presidential campaign state Tuesday, appearing at a screening of a documentary about her years as Alaska governor and further stoking speculation that she might make a White House bid.

“It’s a tough decision; it’s a big decision to decide whether to run for office or not. I’m still contemplating,” Palin said as she made her way past cameras and onlookers and into the premiere, where she watched a screening of the two-hour film, “The Undefeated,” with about 400 people.

Palin’s daughter Bristol had said in a Fox News interview Tuesday that the former vice presidential candidate had made up her mind, prompting a mother-daughter exchange via text message.

The former Alaska governor arrived for her first visit to the state this year just hours after President Obama spoke at a factory in eastern Iowa and a day after Rep. Michele Bachmann (Minn.) announced her presidential candidacy in Waterloo. Former senator Rick Santorum (Pa.) was campaigning in the northwestern part of the state.

Obama, touring an Alcoa plant in Bettendorf that makes alloys and wings for airplanes, cited the facility as an example of the manufacturing jobs he wants to help create.

“Iowa, you and I go way back. We have some history together,” the president said to loud applause from several hundred at the factory.

Palin’s relatively low-key visit included a cookout for Iowa Republicans and hundreds of voters after the screening at the Pella Opera House, and she and her husband, Todd, were spotted earlier in the day having lunch at a Panera Bread in Urbandale, where they met with a prominent GOP fundraiser.

The feature-length documentary, directed by conservative filmmaker Steve Bannon, features voiceovers by Palin and explores her time as mayor of Wasilla, governor of Alaska and GOP vice presidential nominee. It will debut next month in New Hampshire and South Carolina, two other early primary states.rolina, two other early primary states.

Read more at The Washington Post.