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Obama and Kristol, Together at Last!
blogs.tnr.com - 1/14/2009
Obama and Kristol, Together at Last!
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According to the latest pool report, and confirmed here , Barack Obama dined in Chevy Chase, MD, tonight at the home of columnist George Will. Also in attendance: David Brooks, Charles Krauthammer, and Bill Kristol himself.  I imagine this will generate some outrage from the ...

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The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan:  Keep Your Enemies Close

The Reaction:  Charm offensive: Obama at dinner with the conservative punditocracy

Think Progress:  Obama’s Right-Wing Dinner Friends Rip His Stimulus Package: Worst Bill In ‘Galactic History’

Op-Ed Columnist: Sweet on Caroline
nytimes.com - 1/7/2009
Op-Ed Columnist: Sweet on Caroline
— nytimes.com — Caroline Kennedy is smart, cultivated, serious and unpretentious. The Senate, shamefully sparse on profiles in courage during Dick Cheney’s reign of terror, would be lucky to get her. > (more) Op-Ed Columnist: Sweet on Caroline

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rasmussenreports.com - 1/8/2009
Toplines - Caroline Kennedy - Janaury 6, 2009
— rasmussenreports.com — New York Survey of 500 Likely Voters Conducted January 6, 2009 By Rasmussen Reports 1* How would you rate the job Barack Obama has been doing as President-Elect… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of ... (more) Toplines - Caroline Kennedy - Janaury 6, 2009

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fivethirtyeight.com - 1/22/2009
Did Caroline Ever Really Want It?
— fivethirtyeight.com — If the news is true that Caroline Kennedy has withdrawn her bid for the Senate, then one of two things has happened. The first possibility is that David Paterson decided some days ago to go with another candidate, and gave Kennedy the opportunity to ... (more) Did Caroline Ever Really Want It?

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Keep Your Enemies Close
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — Bill Kristol gets to dine with Obama. Hugh Hewitt wasn't available? Moulitsas is bemused. Crowley sees the logic. ...

Charm offensive: Obama at dinner with the conservative punditocracy
The Reaction — ... with Will, Kristol, Brooks, and Krauthammer -- the four horsemen of the right-wing apocalypse? -- but I just don't have much to say about it. On Obama's part, it was an exceptionally smart move. Why not, as the soon-to-be president, make nice and break bread with four leading conservative political commentators? If nothing else, as Michael Crowley stressed, "Obama will surely choose his words carefully and avoid saying anything that causes him trouble. He's certainly not going to make any new promises to appease the right. And a little personal charm" -- or a charm ...

Obama’s Right-Wing Dinner Friends Rip His Stimulus Package: Worst Bill In ‘Galactic History’
Think Progress — ... . The beltway conventional wisdom suggested that Obama’s aim was to “neutralize potential adversaries” by way of a “ ...

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