by Mark Silva
No April Fool's here.
No fools at all, it appears.
"The on again, off again, we don't know what we're doing again, dinner is now officially off, again'' for Sarah Palin (pictured in an AP photo at another dinner) and the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), whose dinner once hoped to make headlines with the Alaska governor.
"It's not because she did something drastic like deciding to drive a Prius or observing Earth Hour or anything,'' the Christian Science Monitor's Jimmy Orr writes at The Vote Blog. "It's because she never accepted the invitation in the first place.''
"Make sense?'' Orr asks. "Welcome to the Republican Party of 2009.''
Two weeks ago, the party's House and Senate Republican campaign committees announced that Palin would address its annual dinner on June 8. "The only problem was no one told Sarah Palin,'' Orr notes. "Her staff said the governor would not be able to commit until the end of Alaska's legislative session.''
Over-eager NRSC staffers jumped the gun, according to a SarahPAC spokeswoman for the governor's Political Action Committee.
"Enthusiasm during a scheduling meeting among SarahPAC members to discuss events that we thought the governor should consider attending was misinterpreted as a confirmation of attendance," Meghan Stapleton told the Associated Press.
Of course, the NRSC sees things differently: Claiming it had a commitment, and a confirmation as well. But, with the June dinner fast-arriving (by Washington standards), they have dis-invited the party's 2008 vice presidential nominee.
The fallback: Newt Gingrich.
Comments
Governor is learning the lesson of real politics. The honeymoon is over with the GOP and the marriage in Alaska is on the rocks.
The advantage of Republican registration in the state made her initial election possible, but I suspect she would not survive a GOP primary challenge.
An attractive lady without the political or management skills is evident to many, when Alaska will come to grips with a person who is not the best person for the job is the question.
Posted by: geek | April 3, 2009 9:49 AM