Obama wields the Oval invite: Politico
Tuesday, February 10, 2009 at 6:20AM With Arlen Specter, the president was “crisp” and “professional” and threw in some talk about judges.
With Olympia Snowe, he was more casual, warming up with memories of the late Paul Simon, a mutual friend.
With Ben Nelson — a conservative Democrat and stimulus skeptic — the president connected on a personal level by talking first about families.
Facing an unexpectedly uphill fight on his economic recovery bill, the new commander in chief has deployed one of the highest-profile assets at his disposal — one-on-one meetings in the Oval Office with senators whose votes he desperately needed.
The tactic seems to be working. more
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