DES MOINES

Representatives from the fundraising group Americans for Rick Perry showed up at a small rally featuring Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty here in Des Moines this morning.  Asked about reports that Perry will use a speech in South Carolina Saturday to “make clear” that he is running for president — Saturday just happens to be the day of the long-awaited GOP straw poll in Ames, Iowa — the representatives claimed that Perry is in no way trying to upstage events in Iowa.

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