The candidate whom Republicans in Iowa and across the nation will choose, however, remains very much an open question.
Without Palin, “the race in Iowa will now be between Romney and someone else — hard to tell who at this point,” said Republican Audrey Perry Martin, a California-based election law attorney and politics watcher. “Romney is the only candidate with stable support right now, and the other candidates are jockeying to be his main competition.”
Since losing the 2008 election, Palin has been a media sensation, writing books, commenting regularly on Fox News, engaging supporters on Facebook and drawing attention from the national media at every turn.
Sarah Palin decision locks in GOP presidential field
