by Mark Silva
Gueess who's coming to dinner Saturday night?
President Barack Obama and Sarah Palin -- they won't actually arrive together, but both are expected at the exclusive and private Alfalfa Club dinner for Washington's elite.
They've already been in touch -- sort of.
Palin, the unsuccessful Republican vice presidential nominee, "was worried that the Army was going to cut off pensions to the state's old-timers long-retired from the Alaska Territorial Guard,'' our colleague, Andrew Malcolm, at The Ticket, writes " So she sat down and wrote a letter to the new big guy himself, Democrat President Barack Obama, who's vowed to take extra special care of veterans.''
"And, what do you know? According to the ever-vigiliant Sarah Palin for President blog, the Army suddenly decided it didn't really need to cut off those payments after all,'' Malcolm reports. "It found a special fund to pay them, while Sens. Lisa Murkowski, a Republican, and Mark Begich, a Democrat, together shepherd the proper authorizing legislation through Congress.''
Saturday, both are expected at off-the-record black tie dinner of the Alfalfa Club, one of those fraternity-like get-togethers that Washingtonians schedule throughout the year
Not that anybody is thinking of 2012. Palin, as The Ticket reported this week, formed her own SarahPAC, to raise money for, you know, activities.
Malcolm adds: "According to Paul Bedard over at Washington Whispers, Palin's presence in D.C. has sparked an interview bidding war between CNN's Larry King, who's had seven wives and almost as many heart attacks, and ABC's George Stephanopoulos, who hasn't.''