On the face of it, this looks encouraging. Yet, how much it matters is another question. It is telling that this dinner didn’t take place until after his election. Now that the danger of lost liberal-loon votes and exposure as a liberal fraud has past, sitting down with the detractors is little liability associated with it.
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 Krauthammer of the Washington Post.
Disappointing that Rush Limbaugh was not in attendance. How I would love to hear a conversation between The Majahrushdi and the Lightworker.
Ed Morrissey discusses Obama’s potential for post-partisanship here.
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