Sarah Palin offered an apology – of sorts – to Mitt Romney on Sunday, saying she didn’t mean to “step on anybody’s toes” when her bus tour rolled through New Hampshire on the same day that Romney formally announced his presidential campaign.
“I apologize if I stepped on any of that PR that Mitt Romney needed or wanted that day,” Palin said in an interview with Fox News’ Chris Wallace. “I do sincerely apologize. We didn’t mean to step on anybody’s toes.”
Palin’s summer vacation/historical site bus tour swung into the Granite State for a clambake last Thursday, an event that took place just a few miles from the farm where Romney was holding his big campaign rollout. When asked about the timing last week, Palin told CNN it was merely happenstance.
“It’s coincidental that we are in the same territory at the same time, but more power to Mitt as he mounts his campaign and best of luck to him,” Palin said.
But the following day, New Hampshire’s largest newspaper, the Union-Leader ran a banner story about Palin’s tour complete with a huge picture of the former governor, while relegating the story of Romney’s announcement to a sliver of space along the sidebar.
Wallace asked Palin if she’d anticipated her stop in the state would trump Romney’s, and why she thought she garnered so much attention in the first place.
“I think there’s a curiosity factor there still that’s in play,” Palin said. “I don’t know.”
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h/t mediaite
