She was in. She was out. She had been asked. She hadn't been asked. She knew about it. She didn't know about it.
There was lots of drama surrounding the keynote speaker at the big, big GOP House and Senate fundraiser later this year. Now we know that it's not Sarah anymore:
Sarah Palin will no longer headline a major Republican dinner in June, a Republican official told CNN Tuesday.These days, Republicans can't even pull off a fundraising event without screwing it up. Fundraisers used to be the one thing they really knew how to do. Good thing they're no longer running the country.
Former House speaker Newt Gingrich will replace Palin as the keynote speaker at a joint fundraising dinner held by the campaign committees of Senate and House Republicans.
The scheduling change follows a communications breakdown between Palin's political staff and her aides in Alaska that left the dinner's organizers unsure the Alaska governor would actually attend the Washington event.
Oh, in case you were wondering, Newt's a Catholic now. He's anti-choice and homophobic, so he'll fit right in with church leaders (they'll overlook those multiple divorces and three marriages because they weren't Catholic ceremonies.) But, Newt is way out of touch with the average American Catholic.
