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After a nearly three-month hiatus, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is planning to crash the presidential party once again with a heartland-themed re-launch of her "One Nation" bus tour this week in Iowa, according to a Palin fundraising email obtained by CNN. Palin is bringing her Constitution-themed bus to the Iowa State Fair, just 30 miles south of where the Republican presidential field will take the stage on Thursday for a presidential debate in Ames. It's not yet clear which day the tour will begin, but her surprise arrival in Iowa will happen before the closely watched Ames straw poll....

Let's get ready to rumble. A GOP heavyweight fight could erupt Thursday as Sarah Palin's "One Nation" bus tour will almost certainly coincide with former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's highly publicized announcement that he'll run for president. Palin is set to make an appearance in Bean Town on Thursday, around the same time Romney officially launches his campaign at a barbecue and town-hall meeting in nearby New Hampshire. The ex-Alaska governor will then follow in Romney's footsteps at a New Hampshire clambake. It's leaving some to speculate that Palin's move could be intentional. "She will certainly be in New Hampshire...

JERSEY CITY, N.J. -- Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will visit the first-in-the-South primary state of South Carolina later this month as part of her nationwide bus tour, RealClearPolitics has learned. According to well-informed sources, Palin's trip is divided into three separate segments, in which visits to each of the first three voting states -- New Hampshire, Iowa and South Carolina -- will be the geographical centerpieces. Though Palin may work to set up a meeting with Gov. Terry Branstad when she travels to Iowa in the coming days, RCP has learned that she is purposefully bypassing meetings with local...