Sarah Palin: Gridiron-ready, youbetcha

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Those East Coast media who are always ‘making things up’’ may not be the best friends of Alaskan Sarah Palin, the 2008 Republican nominee for vice president, but Palin is expected at one of the Washington media’s most elite gatherings:

The winter dinner of the Gridiron Club, that invitation-only assembly of Washington journalists which stages a white-tie evening of Marine Band-accompanied satire each spring.

See the Swamp’s full scoop on Palin and the other guest, a political polar opposite.

-- Mark Silva

This July 26, 2009 file photo shows Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin waving goodbye to supporters after giving her resignation speech during a ceremony in Fairbanks, Alaska, where Palin turned over power to Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell. (AP Photo/Al Grillo, file )