Obama Dines With The Enemy: Journalists, That Is

Last night, at 6:34 pm, President-elect Barack Obama's motorcade came to a stop in front of an unlikely Maryland address. The occasion was dinner, and the host was none other than George F. Will, one of The Washington Post's conservative columnists. Also waiting in that den of lions were such luminaries as David Brooks, Peggy Noonan, Bill Kristol, and Charles Krauthammer, who, like Will, tend to inhabit distinctly non-liberal portions of the political spectrum.

So, no word yet on what was discussed over cocktails and gnosh, but the event itself must come as a surprise to those who have been working hard to make the country believe that Obama is actively snubbing the conservative media. Who knows, maybe up until last night he was. Or maybe he figured he'd just kill all the most prominent hawks with one dinner party stone and be done with them for the next four years.

But I can't help but notice a pattern in Obama's behavior. He seems to be actively courting those Americans whose ideological interests do not always overlap with his own. He has reached out to congressional Republicans, asked Rick Warren to deliver an inaugural invocation, and now he's breaking bread with the men who have already fired off a steady stream of criticism his way.

Engaging one's rivals with genuine kindness? Now that's change that even members of the minority party should believe in.

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