I don't really think he was trying to persuade
Posted By: them to his agenda per se. -JC on 2009-01-15
In Reply to: Let's talk again if (and when) he takes cons. advice - instead of trying to win them to his agenda.
There are some huge ideological divides there. From the little the attendees are saying regarding the dinner, the majority of them came away from it with good impressions of the man.
Larry Kudlow, who attended the right-wing dinner, said: "I was very impressed. He's a nice guy, terribly smart, well-informed, great smile. He just really engaged. He said he likes to know the arguments on all sides."
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BAIER: It was at George Will's house, and I saw our friends at "The Politico" called it a dinner and said "The silence of the lamb chops" because no one is talking about it. But what can you say about it?
KRAUTHAMMER: What is interesting is the fact that he would want to do this. And you see that since his election he has kind of reached out to people that may not be ideological allies, to Rick Warren, the pastor who will be at his inaugural, to John McCain, whom he has treated with a lot of dignity and respect, and to a bunch of right wing columnists last night, in part, because I think he is a guy who is intellectually curious and wants to exchange ideas, but also in part he wants to co-opt the vast right wing conspiracy.
And I'm here to tell you that, speaking for myself, he has succeeded. I am brainwashed entirely. I'm in the tank, and I am a believer of hope and change and, above all, audacity.
FRED BARNES, EXECUTIVE EDITOR, "THE WEEKLY STANDARD": Look, this is the easy stuff, to have dinner with Charles and Bill Kristol, and so on, and invite Rick Warren, and so on.
When you're a president, you are accountable. You have policies. You make decisions. You anger people, and I suspect he will anger a lot more conservatives than liberals.
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