by Chris Bodenner
Apparently she won't be announcing a bid for the presidency during her nearly-nixed speech in Iowa on Saturday; Palin will merely deliver a "full-throated defense of the tea party". Meanwhile, according to the latest Fox News poll, 71% of Republicans and 66% of Tea Party supporters say she shouldn't run. Scott Conroy, however, hints that she won't heed such numbers and is now setting her sights on Perry:
In her speech at the bucolic National Balloon Classic field in Indianola, Palin will lean on loaded phrases like “crony capitalism” and “permanent political class” in laying out her view of the U.S. political system’s deep-rooted ills, according to a source close to Palin and familiar with the content of the speech. Though she will not call Perry out by name, Palin’s carefully couched rhetoric will leave the impression that she may soon draw more overt attention to one of the Texan’s potential vulnerabilities as a candidate: his history of doling out plum positions and other benefits to generous campaign donors during his nearly 11-year tenure as the nation’s longest serving governor.
The Dish 