By Patrick Gavin
Politico

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And is Palin looking forward to bumping into Donald Trump, another of the weekend’s most-buzzed-about guests, at some point?

“He’s our buddy! We appreciate and respect Donald Trump,” she said.

Once inside, guests of all stripes angled to get a picture with Palin, including astronaut Buzz Aldrin.

The hubbub was enough to cause one reporter to quip: “Look at all these reporters who typically rip her a new one mosey on up to her, desperate to get a photograph.”

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