A Palin tide rolls into Alabama

The Books A Million store in Homewood, near Birmingham, AL, had set aside just 1,000 wristbands for its patrons to get their copies of Going Rogue signed by Sarah Palin at the store Monday. But on Sunday, a crowd of 1,800 showed up to claim their wristbands to be guaranteed a place in today's book signing line. The Brimingham News covered the event:

To the sounds of a crowd chanting her name, Sarah Palin this afternoon greeted her political fans at the Books-A-Million store in Colonial Brookwood Village Mall at Homewood and autographed copies of her new book: "Going Rogue."
 
The former Alaska governor and former GOP vice-presidential candidate drew a crowd that packed the mall two hours before she began signing books about 4:30 p.m. 

Palin was accompanied by several family members including her father Chuck Heath.

The full story and photos are here.

- JP