(NYT)Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was warmly welcomed Monday night to a major GOP fundraiser dinner, a development that was surprising only because her appearance came after a bizarre, weeks-long saga that had party leaders questioning whether she would show up. ... Although Governor Palin did not speak, her brief walk-and-wave to her seat with her husband, Todd, before the event began generated a smattering of applause and put an end to the nagging question of the day: Just what was the deal with Ms. Palin and the dinner, and would she be making an appearance?
She did, and when the crowd sat down to dinner after brief remarks by Congressman Paul Ryan, Senator Orrin Hatch, Senator Mitch McConnell and the House minority leader, John Boehner,all emceed by the actor Jon Voight, a steady stream of people milled around her table, just to the left of the stage.
And, of course, she got some shout-outs. Senator John Cornyn, the NRSC chairman, thanked Ms. Palin for her attendance, and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich seconded the kudos when he took the stage for his keynote and promptly offered: “I also want to thank Governor Palin and Todd for coming tonight, and being part of this.”
Newt added: “Despite every effort of the elite media to prop up Joe Biden and pretend he actually knows what he’s doing, I felt looking at John McCain and Sarah Palin, this country would have been amazingly better off had they been in the White House.”
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