Sarah Palin In D.C. But Not For The Retreat She Was Invited To

Sarah Palin has been caught in a little fib. The Alaskan governor had been invited to a retreat hosted by the House Republicans. They are spending the weekend in Hot Springs, Virginia. Guess where's she is this weekend? No, she didn't go to the retreat.

Palin had to decline saying that pressing state business made it impossible to leave Alaska. She fibbed a tiny bit. Palin is near the retreat in Washington D.C. attending the Alfalfa Dinner. Palin's spokesman Bill McAllister gave this answer to ABC News when asked about how the governor could attend the dinner with pressing issues at home.

"My understanding is that the governor has not scheduled any partisan events on her current trip to D.C.," McAllister told ABC News.

During her trip to Washington there will be no interviews with the press. The media may be feeling like scapegoats when it comes to Palin. She likes to talk when she feels that she has been treated unfairly but then stays away from journalists other times. Maybe though she's doing her party a favor by being quiet. CNN reports:

"When she's out in public still, at this point, she might do more damage than good, both for the GOP and for herself," said Julian Zelizer, a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University.

The Alfalfa Club Dinner is held each year the last Saturday of January. Only the most elite are invited to be part of the organization. The name is a reference to the Alfalfa plant being willing to do anything for a drink. The club was founded in 1913 and was whites only until the 1970's. In 1994 the first women were admitted to the elite club after President Bill Clinton boycotted the festivities. A list of the clubs members is located here.