Was Obama-GOP Meet Really a Game Changer?
But CBS News Chief Washington Correspondent Bob Schieffer (pictured at left) doubted Mr. Obama's olive branch was the game changer the White House had hoped.
"I thought it might at least be a game-starter," Schieffer told CBS "Evening News" Anchor Katie Couric Friday night. "There was a totally different tone than what we've been seeing around here for the last few months."
But an hour before Schieffer appeared on Friday's broadcast of CBS' "Evening News," he received something that made him change his mind.
(Watch Bob Schieffer talk with Katie Couric at the 2:56 mark below after Chip Reid's coverage of President Obama's meeting with the House GOP)
"The House Republican leaders' office put out a scathing press release," Schieffer said. "It was titled 'President Obama Repeats Discredited Talking Points During Dialogue with the House G.O.P.' So I guess we're back to square one."