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 A stage has been set up outside the mall in anticipation of Palin speaking before she enters the books store, but there's one problem. It may rain. Event staff are crossing their fingers and warning reporters it may not happen, or could be relocated indoors.

The Rev. Richard Dietering leaned on his cane in the parking lot outside the Barnes and Noble Booksellers around 3 p.m., hoping Sarah Palin would address the gathering throng from a stage that was set up outside the store.

Dietering, Pastor of the Free Community Bible Church in Ypsilanti, said he drove in hopes of getting Palin's signature.  "I think she's a great American and I want to show her my support, which is more important than getting my book signed," Dietering said.

"I got here late -- at noon," he said.  The cane, he said, was the result of a knee injury