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Obama Meets Bush: What To Expect
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
In a moment laden with symbolism and simmering tension, President-elect Barack Obama meets with President Bush this morning at the White House.
In addition to Obama and wife Michelle getting their own personal tour of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue from the Bushes, the newly-elected 44th president will discuss the details of the transition with Bush.
Per the New York Times:
In a time-honored tradition of American democracy, Mr. Obama and his wife, Michelle, will receive a tour of their new home from Mr. Bush and the first lady, Laura Bush. Then the ...
Obama Meets Bush: What To Expect
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
In a moment laden with symbolism and simmering tension, President-elect Barack Obama meets with President Bush today at the White House.
In addition to Obama and wife Michelle getting their own personal tour of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue from the Bushes, the newly-elected 44th president will discuss the details of the transition with Bush.
Per the New York Times:
In a time-honored tradition of American democracy, Mr. Obama and his wife, Michelle, will receive a tour of their new home from Mr. Bush and the first lady, Laura Bush. Then the men ...
NEW BFF
The Page by Mark Halperin —
... 43 and 44 (with spouses) to get together at Casa Blanca Monday.
A Bush "friend" to the NY Times: "President Bush is a realist. He has a way of coming to grips with things and moving on. The people have spoken.” ...
Quote of the Day
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
"President Bush is a realist. He has a way of coming to grips with things and moving on. The people have spoken." -- A "friend" of President Bush, quoted by the New York Times.
NEW BFF
The Page by Mark Halperin —
... (with spouses) get together at Casa Blanca Monday at 2 pm ET.
A Bush "friend" to the NY Times: "President Bush is a realist. He has a way of coming to grips with things and moving on. The people have spoken."
And: The Wash Post speculates that ...
The Early Word: Mr. Obama Goes to Washington
The Caucus —
At the invitation of President Bush and First Lady Laura Bush, President-elect Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, will visit the White House today to check out their new home and work face-to-face on the transition of power. As The Times’s Sheryl Gay Stolberg notes , the visit between the outgoing Republican president and the incoming Democrat, who used Mr. Bush as a punching bag throughout the long campaign, may be awkward: But there will also be a subtext to the session: the personal chemistry between two leaders whose worldviews are miles apart. The ritual visit is ...
A meeting of the minds
Political Animal —
A MEETING OF THE MINDS.... Barack and Michelle Obama will be the honored guests at the White House this afternoon for " a meeting that could be as awkward as it is historic ," the New York Times reported. It will almost certainly be a pleasant get-together. The President and the First Lady will give the Obamas a tour of the White House, and the men will eventually "split off to begin the formal transfer of power." Obama told reporters on Friday that he expects a "substantive conversation between myself and the president." It's unlikely, for example, that either ...
Bush friend says the President ‘has a way of coming to grips with things and moving on.’
Think Progress —
... In the New York Times this morning, a Bush friend states the President has come to terms with Barack Obama’s victory because he’s “a realist”: ...
Least popular president meets one of the most popular presidents-elect.
The Hollywood Liberal —
... President-elect Barack Obama is scheduled to meet with President Bush at the White House. The New York Times notes that the visit will be both “historic” and “perhaps awkward,” since Obama consistently criticized Bush on the campaign trail. A new Gallup analysis also finds that the meeting will be “a remarkable contrast between one […] Today, President-elect Barack Obama is scheduled to meet with President Bush at the White House. The New York Times notes that the visit will be both “historic” and “perhaps awkward,” since Obama consistently criticized Bush on the campaign ...
