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Is Obama meeting with Rush Limbaugh tonight? Update: Nope
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... , too. Is this happening? The One’s charm offensive is actually going to beat a path to the golden microphone? What’s next, drinks with Coulter? Exit question: Whither the blogosphere in a post-partisan age? Update: No Rush at dinner , a source tells HuffPo.

Obama dines with right wingers at George Will’s house.
Think Progress — ... against him in the waning days of the race.” HuffPost’s Sam Stein notes, “Obama has pledged to be a bridge divider once in office. He’s also said he is willing to take policy suggestions from any source, regardless of ideological affiliation, as long as they work. So far, he’s living up to his word.” ...

Obama Dines With Rightwingers
Tennessee Guerilla Women — Obama's at George Will's house, at a dinner party, with Billy Kristol, David Brooks, Charles Krauthammer, and possibly Rush Limbaugh! So much for the secret liberal theory. (Unless the secret liberal is putting something in the rightwingers' brandy.) So when is the President-elect dining with Paul Krugman, Helen Thomas, Amy Goodman and Noam Chomsky??? Progressive Politics Conservative News George Will Barack Obama

Obama, George, Bill, Dave, Chuck... but no Rush
Taylor Marsh — ... in the least. Given what Obama said and promised, why wouldn’t he meet with the conservative male heirarchy of wingnut pundit land? ...

No More Mister Nice Blog — ... I think I'm supposed to be apoplectic, but I'm totally cool with the fact that Barack Obama had dinner at George Will's house tonight, and they were joined by several other right-wing pundits: ...

If nothing else
Rising Hegemon — We know what it takes for a black man to get invited to dinner at George Will's house.

Charm offensive
Political Animal — CHARM OFFENSIVE.... Oh, to have been a fly on the wall for this one . 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 columnist George Will shortly after 6:30 p.m., according to a press pool report. Greeting him at the residence were other luminaries of the conservative commentariat, including the Weekly Standard's William Kristol, New York Times columnist David Brooks, and Charles ...

Obama has dinner with conservative opinion writers
Sister Toldjah — … and I wasn’t invited? Seriously, the writers in question were Weekly Standard’s Bill Kristol, the WaPo’s Charles Krauthammer, David Brooks from the NYT, and the NYT’s George Will, at whose house the dinner was hosted. I’m not sure what to make of this. The non-cynical side of me says this is a good-faith effort on the part of PEBO to show conservatives he’s willing to give their ideas serious consideration. The cynical side of me says this is no more than PEBO throwing a ...

Breaking Bread
The Democratic Daily — ... . Among the pundits reported to have partaked in the bread breaking were the “Weekly Standard’s William Kristol, New York Times columnist David Brooks, and Charles Krauthammer of the Washington Post.” ...

Bush's Legacy
The Washington Note — ... But even if he does ultimately have something to show for our incredible -- and profoundly mismanaged -- investment of blood and capital, it will never be enough. It does disturb me that Obama sees it as necessary to sit down and break bread with some of the nation's opinion leaders who were proponents of and cheerleaders for all of the destructive policy decisions that harmed the United States under the direction of George W. Bush. Obama reportedly dined at the home of George Will along with Charles Krauthammer, William Kristol and David ...

Conservative Punditry's Leading Lights
MoJo Blog Posts: mojo — ... Our new Prez is just too cool for school. He had dinner the other night with the leading lights, such as they are, of the conservative punditry. One doubts how much he was able to eat, or keep down, with George Will, Bill Kristol, and (possibly) Rush Limbaugh at the same table, but I'm quite sure they came away thrilled and at least somewhat likely to tone down the rhetoric. ...

Inauguration Day, 2009: A Day of Mourning
Antiwar.com Original — ... . Spending on this scale requires some degree of bipartisan complicity, but how will Obama get the Republicans to go along? You'll notice he's been courting them rather assiduously, and that's given rise to a whole new brand of "conservatives," the so-called ...

Weekly Standard: The Weekly Standard Sucks
Daily Kos — ... Citing Obama's words makes political sense. It's at least worth a try. Republicans have nothing to lose. "This is not as silly as it sounds," Barnes assures us.   What it is, is just embarrassing, guys. The honest thing to do is admit that your own ideological leadership has stalled your party in the parking lot behind "Irrelevant" and you need to hand over the keys. Tell ya what, though: President Obama must be one hellacious dinner raconteur. ...

Keith Olbermann Responds To Conservative Attacks Comparing MSNBC to Fox
Liberal Values — ... . Among the points he makes is the absurdity of conservatives seeing a conspiracy in Obama meeting with liberal commentator such as Olbermann considering that Obama has also met with conservative commentators, such as when he met with conservative commentators at George Will’s home in January. ...