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Now, the Liberals' Turn
The Page by Mark Halperin —
... After dining with a slew of conservative columnists Tuesday, Obama meets with progressive writers Wednesday, including Frank Rich, Maureen Dowd and E.J. Dionne.
Tuesday's lamb chop dinner at George Will's home also included Lowry, Noonan, Barone and Gigot.
Participants keeping mum, but one calls Obama "an articulate, smart guy." ...
Dinner Guests Revealed
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
Politico has a list of attendees at the dinner of conservative writers that President-elect Obama attended last night at George Will's home. They were: Charles Krauthammer, William Kristol, Larry Kudlow, David Brooks, Rich Lowry, Peggy Noonan, Michael Barone, and Paul Gigot. Meanwhile, Michael Calderone notes Obama met with the following "liberal" journalists this morning: On the list: Andrew Sullivan, E.J. Dionne, Eugene Robinson, Gerry Seib, Ron Brownstein, Frank Rich, Maureen Dowd, and Rachel
Maddow. Marc Ambinder reports Paul ...
Barack Obama Defangs The Media Right and Left
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog —
... The RIGHT came first at a private off the record dinner at the home of conservative columnist George Will.
Call it a charm offensive or a high-level “Listening Tour,” but Barack Obama is already signaling that he intends to break with the current president in one obvious way: hearing from his critics.
Obama Tuesday night trekked to the Chevy Chase, Md., home of conservative columnist George F. Will to talk politics and get to know some of his fiercest intellectual adversaries: Charles Krauthammer, William Kristol, Larry Kudlow, David ...
Face time with Obama
Political Animal —
... . 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. Here's the list of conservatives who dined with the president-elect last night: George Will, Charles Krauthammer, William Kristol, Larry Kudlow, David Brooks, Rich Lowry, Peggy Noonan, Michael Barone, and Paul Gigot. And ...
The Last Supper of Partisanship?
The Moderate Voice —
... No one assumes that the dinner between President-elect Barack Obama and conservative columnists was a Kumbaya moment where they all held hands and swayed joyfully around the dinner table, but the dinner once again showed Obama in a familiar role, a leader who is going to try to bridge the partisan divide on issues where he and his opponents can find common ground. ...
Video: Kudlow on dinner with the Messiah
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... too if asked, but the fact that attendees were sworn to secrecy (which is traditional, apparently) would have bugged me. Why meet with the president if you can’t report on it? The benefit to Obama’s obvious: By humanizing himself to his detractors, he takes the edge off their criticism. What’s the benefit to Will, Brooks, Noonan et al? An autographed photo with The One? The gratification of knowing that they’re officially part of the conservative illuminati? Arguably they’re there to represent right-wing opinion — really arguably in Brooks’s case — but (a) I think Obama’s ...
Coffee Time
David E's Fablog —
... Dionne and Eugene Robinson, the Wall Street Journal’s Gerry Seib, National Journal’s Ron Brownstein, the New York Times Frank Rich and Maureen Dowd, The Atlantic’s Andrew Sullivan, and MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow, among others. Some of the writers there today are clearly on the liberal side, while others more moderate. Regardless, it’s still quite a contrast from yesterday’s dinner companions: George Will, Bill Kristol, David Brooks, Charles Krauthammer, Peggy Noonan, and Paul Gigot.” No shit. :“Obama Tuesday night trekked to the Chevy Chase, Md., home of conservative columnist ...
Today vs. yesterday
Daily Kos —
... Obama held a meeting with several columnists and liberal commentators this morning, following up on last night's dinner with conservative writers, according to sources with knowledge of the meeting. ...
Fuck Off, No Details
Whiskey Fire —
... . But the chat was off the record, and I'm a stickler for that shit. Also, you can't prove it didn't happen. But rest assured that it is very good news that Obama is willing to hob-nob with a bunch of dirty fucking hippies as well as the mentally ill, ...
Obama’s Right-Wing Dinner Friends Rip His Stimulus Package: Worst Bill In ‘Galactic History’
Think Progress —
... ” by way of a “charm offensive.” After the dinner, Bill Kristol explained on Fox and Friends that while “no one’s mind was changed,” he would “ ...
Ari Melber: Mr. President, They're Just Not That Into You
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... " He can go to their home, like his trek to Maryland for two and a half hours of lamb chops and neocons. He can even add their ideas to his legislation and their nominees to his cabinet, as The Nation's Ari Berman ...
Today in The Nation: They're Just Not That Into You
The Nation: Top Stories —
... " He can go to their home, like his trek to Maryland for two and a half hours of lamb chops and neocons . He can even add their ideas to his legislation and their nominees to his cabinet, as The Nation 's Ari Berman ...
Malkin: The content of Obama’s off-the-record meeting with liberal journalists ‘ought to be disclosed.’
Think Progress —
... , including Fox contributors Charles Krauthammer, Bill Kristol and Paul Gigot, before his Inauguration. Malkin should note that the dinner lasted two-and-half hours. ...
