Drawing crowds at the Iowa State Fair

Sarah greets fair goer while Todd autographs football

So who's the big star at the Iowa State Fair?

Sarah Palin crashed into the Iowa State Fair on Friday, eclipsing the GOP presidential candidates who were trying to draw supporters to the Ames Straw Poll the following day.

As a matter of fact, the potential presidentail candidate outshone all the "front runners" at the exposition.

Palin was mobbed by supporters and the media as soon as she entered the fair, drawing far more attention than Tim Pawlenty, Ron Paul and Rick Santorum did when they spoke at the Des Moines Register soapbox, flipped pork chops at a food stand and wandered the grand concourse shaking hands with fair-goers.

The Iowa fair features a cow sculpted in butter.  Big deal.