Drawing Power: 1500 wait in freezing weather to meet Sarah Palin on book tour
In case anyone needed an example of the drawing power and political energy that Sarah Palin wields, the Detroit Free Press report on the start of her book tour should fill the gap nicely. Despite freezing temperatures, people gathered by the hundreds early this morning to greet Palin in person at a Grand Rapids bookstore. By 5 am, five hundred people stood outside the Barnes & Noble — and two hours later, the numbers had swelled to 1500: And that’s 4:55 this morning when the thermometer had dipped into the 30s. But the 500 or so people in line didn’t...
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