Obama Reaches Across The Table
(CBS)
The dinner was not announced – according to the pool report, the fact that it was Will's home was deduced from tax records, while other dinner guests were spotted through a window by a photographer.
Quipped pooler Kenneth Bazinet of the New York Daily News, in reference to the gathering of the new Democratic president and the conservative old hands: "The bloggers are going to love this one."
The transition office did not release details of the dinner table conversation.
UPDATE: It's not just the conservatives who are getting an audience with Mr. Obama. This morning, as Politico reports, the president elect met with a group of prominent moderates and liberals, among them E.J. Dionne, Eugene Robinson, Gerry Seib, Ron Brownstein, Frank Rich, Maureen Dowd, Andrew Sullivan, and Rachel Maddow.
The "totally off the record" meeting took place around a conference table at transition headquarters, and one attendee described it to Michael Calderone as an "intense back and forth about a lot of stuff."
Posted by popstom11 at 06:48 PM : Jan 14, 2009
You are truly showing your ignorance. Just because the best that you can do is a part time job at the Dairy Queen doesn''t mean that Obama is a loser like you are.
Do you mean like corporate subsidies that the Republicans have been handing out for the last 50 years?
How silly is this? Why should Obama waste time sitting with voters about something he has no control over? He has much bigger things going on if you didn''t notice!
Oh good Lord. I think we actually starting dumbing down the school system when they let you in.
Posted by peace4321
You dumba$$, even most Republicans admit that Clinton was a centrist who governed from the center. But you neocons just have to see "socialists" everywhere (even you don''t even know what the word really means). Sad.
John Kerry would make a better Secretary of State as would many other men and women...NO HILLARY
The only relevant post here is the one by aaronbdog (thank you!). I happen to agree with "aaron''s" view on this, but even if I didn''t, I would applaud his ability to stick to topic.
To echo the main sentiment, it''s time to grow up, people. It''s time to work together. We have big problems ("openly gay in the military"-- that''s a problem? Really!), let''s take ''em on.
- by aaronbdog January 14, 2009 2:48 PM EST
- I think it was an excellent idea. What the country needs at this moment is for our leaders to set aside their partisan biases and engage in dialogue across the many political and social spectrums. Although I myself (and I suspect Obama) for the most part disagree with the opinions of this group of conservative writers, their ideas and opinions help shape the social and political discourse in this country. Therefore they cannot and should not be seen as the "enemy", the "other", the "opposition", etc.
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See all 15 CommentsOne can retain their ideas and ideals and push forward with their guiding philosophy while engaging those with whom we differ. Who knows, they may help us to construct more holistic policy. It''s called being an adult. Haven''t we just experienced 8 years of childish and churlish behavior toward the "opposition"?