Palin Tours Gettysburg

Politico reports:

Sarah Palin spent the morning touring the Civil War battlefield here with her family.

“It was absolutely amazing – this being my second time, it’s even more impactful. Every American needs to get here too,” Palin said afterward, while posing for photographs and signing autographs for fans who had followed her to the site.

Some of those fans and many of the reporters following Palin got to her only after chasing after her to the historic site — the Palin family quietly snuck out of the hotel several miles away where they’d spent the night, leaving her large “One Nation” tour bus in the parking lot.

Now, though, she is back on the bus, heading north on Route 15. When asked about the next stop, Palin’s husband, Todd, directed questions to an aide. That aide would not answer any questions. However, the third day of Palin’s East Coast tour of Americana is also expected to include stops a stop at the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia.

In a brief media availability yesterday, Palin was coy about the possibility of whether she plans to run for president in 2012, telling a reporter who asked about the odds, “I don’t know, I honestly don’t know. It’s still a matter of considering much — there truly is a lot to consider before you throw your name out there in the name of service because it’s so all consuming.”

As to whether her One Nation tour was designed to toy with the media, Palin said, “No, that’s not the purpose.” But asked what a presidential run might look like if she made one, Palin acknowledged that it wouldn’t be like those of her potential rivals for the GOP nomination.

“Oh, it would definitely be unconventional and nontraditional, yes, knowing us,” Palin said, according to video taken by the New York Times.

That lack of clarity is not stopping an outpouring of support in Gettysburg. Notes from well-wishers were taped to the door of the Sarah PAC “One Nation” bus, and by 6:45 a.m., two adoring fans were already posing for pictures in front of the bus. The young women, who refused to give their names, said they had waited for three-and-a-half hours on Memorial Day at a battlefield monument where Palin was ultimately a no-show for several hundred fans.