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An evening well spent
Barack Obama reportedly had dinner last night at George Will's house. Bill Kristol and David Brooks are said to have been there, as well. Obama deserves credit for this "outreach," which is consistent with reports about how he handled himself as head of the Harvard Law Review and, to some ...
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1/14: Is Tim In Trouble?
Blogometer — ... with some prominent conservative pundits last night. While they still expect Obama to advocate policies they disagree with, the rightroots appreciate his effort to reach out to his ideological opponents. Lefty bloggers, for their part, don't mind that Obama spent an evening with hardcore GOPers like William Kristol . ...

Some Didn't Get The Memo
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — Pissed that Obama sat down with several conservatives last night? Paul Hinderaker demurs: Brooks arguably is no longer a conservative, and may well have voted for Obama, while Will has bashed President Bush and John McCain for years. Heh. ...

Face time with Obama
Political Animal — ... " of "conservative media." Power Line, while giving Obama credit for the outreach, also noted that some of the guests shouldn't necessarily count as conservative . It strikes me as odd, at a minimum, to see Obama breaking bread with prominent conservative media figures, only to see some complain that the guests aren't quite conservative enough . In fact, given this, I'm reluctant to make a similar argument from a liberal perspective. But I'm going to anyway. ...

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Barack Obama attended a dinner party with several prominent conservative columnists, including William Kristol and David Brooks of The New York Times, according to a pool report. >