Palin, Mum on Plans, Shakes Up Republican Presidential Field
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Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is shaking up a Republican presidential field just starting to take shape, injecting her unconventional campaigning and celebrity into what had been a sleepy start to the party’s 2012 primaries.
It’s not clear what Palin, 47, is up to as she travels the East Coast on a deluxe tour bus emblazoned with a Liberty Bell and phrases from the U.S. Constitution and the Pledge of Allegiance -- whether she will choose to run for president or how she will seek to affect the race with her re-emergence on the national scene.