Sarah Palin

Sara Palin Travels to Washington – A Low Profile Visit

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Alaska Governor Sarah Palin delivers her 2009 State of the State speech to a packed joint legislative floor in the Capitol Building on January 22, 2009

Sarah Palin is in D.C. as Flap is writing this piece meeting with Congressional Leaders and maintaining a low profile – at least until tomorrow night’s Alfalfa Club dinner.

Sarah Palin has firmly remained in the media spotlight since her bid for the vice presidency ended four months ago, but the Alaska governor is set to embrace a decidedly lower profile when she travels to the nation’s capital this weekend.

The former Republican vice presidential candidate has scheduled a busy itinerary of closed-door events and face time with congressional Democrats and Republicans.

She also announced earlier this week she’s making the 4,500-mile trek from Alaska to Washington primarily to attend the Alfalfa Club Dinner — an annual closed-door roast of the nation’s political elite.

But it’s what’s missing from Palin’s schedule that is causing more than a few heads to turn. In a city that is ground-zero for national political journalists, Palin has not scheduled a single media interview or indicated she will hold a press conference.

“She has requested we do not schedule any interviews for her,” said Bill McAllister, Palin’s communications director. Instead, McAllister said, Palin is traveling to Washington to lobby senators to approve certain infrastructure projects for Alaska in the economic stimulus package.

On the Palin schedule for Friday night is a private dinner at the home of prominent businessman and former GOP operative Fred Malek. Guests will include Democrat Senator Dianne Feinstein of California and Senate GOP Minority leader Mitch McConnell.

The Governor will attend a Saturday luncheon at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a foreign policy think tank.

Sarah Palin needs to be “SCHOOLED” and she knows that you cannot improve yourself if you are always in the media spotlight.  She set up her PAC, SarahPac.Com this week and now is the time for slow, but steady progress back toward the national political arena.

Flap knows the cameras will be watching though on Saturday night as she shares the stage with President Obama.

Stay tuned……


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