marcambinder.theatlantic.com - 1/14/2009
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marcambinder.theatlantic.com —
It's true. He motorcaded to a house in
Maryland this evening, and if the press pool report
is accurate, he is breaking bread with William Kristol and David Brooks. (If Brooks and Kristol seem to be unusually briefed about Obama's thinking, ...
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Obama Dines With Conservative Opinion Leaders
huffingtonpost.com - 1/14/2009
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huffingtonpost.com —
Barack Obama took the next big step in
his Republican charm offensive on Tuesday night, when he
dined with several of the nation's most prominent conservative pundits. The president-elect arrived at the Chevy Chase, Md., home of syndicated ...
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Obama And Conservatives Break Bread At George Will's House
politico.com - 1/22/2009
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politico.com —
Last session's senior senator from Minnesota Norm Coleman,
still battling Al Franken to be seated in the
Senate, has taken a paid job as a consultant to the Republican Jewish Coalition, which harshly attacked Obama last fall, its executive director, ...
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Coleman takes a job
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1/14: Is Tim In Trouble?
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... in the form of a more civil discourse, and possibly even the benefit of the doubt. [...] And if it doesn't, Obama wasted a pre-inaugural night, maybe picking up some new credibility from the David Broder s of the world for making an effort to engage prominent critics on the other side." OBAMA II: Credit Where Credit's Due Several conservative bloggers are giving Obama credit for reaching out to his ideological opponents -- especially Kristol, who is a favorite of the rightroots: Morrissey continues: "Will it change Obama's direction? Of course not. Obama will do what Obama ...
Conservative (?) Writers Meet With Obama for Dinner, Detente
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Conservative (?) Writers Meet With Obama for Dinner, Detente David Brooks, George Will, and Bill Kristol. Whether David Brooks is even a bit conservative at this point is questionable. I doubt it means anything. Obama wants to make a show of his "post-partisan" politics of Hope and Change, that he's "reaching out" and blah bah blah, and the other guys want to meet with the president-elect. Who wouldn't? I wouldn't turn down a chance to meet with a president-elect.
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