You really should take the blinders off.

Eventually you're gonna bump into something important.

"Obama's Q & A with the Republicans today "....

"It made me think that Bush or Cheney would never EVER have done something like this. "

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/04/us/politics/04retreat.html?ex=1328245200&en=77ef51cb2567cb9a&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss 

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/02/03/us/bush-the-conciliator-meets-with-democrats.html?pagewanted=1 

He did it at least twice.

Took me 2 seconds to find it.

Just goes to show you don't usually find what you're not looking for.

Oh no you didn't!

Question and answer session live on national tv at those meetings?

Oh yeah, the game is afoot!

Release the hounds!

Let the splitting of hairs commence!

Damn the torpedoes!

I know...put them all on C-Span!!!!

No splitting of hairs. That wasn't the point I made.

Cant we all be friends

Point, opinion, joke...220...221, whatever it takes.

Both sessions included Q&A.

At least a portion of one of them was open to press.

It just didn't get trumpeted as any big deal.

I do agree with your opening "accomplished nothing" assessment.

All just so much theatre. Or as your code-ring would tell you: Just words.

It's unfortunate that yes, 98.2% of anything that comes from Washington is only that.

We can up that to 100%.

What's the last thing that came out of there that was useful?

Bi-partisanship is for the weak.

Team Chavez has been on a roll this week.

Sorry Fuzz.

I gathered from the capitalization of "EVER" that it was the key word.

Go ahead and refine your point more clearly if you would like.

HD

The non-troll troll

Love it.

13: I have, the q & a's have never EVER been open and never EVER been televised. Bush would never EVER have put himself in that position. Obama took the dare and kicked their ass. Several r's have already said it was a mistake for them to invite Obama and keep the cameras rolling.

^Really.....I'd like some R quotes.

Ron

Google them yourself!

It appears to me from the quotes that NYT reporters were present.

How much more public do you want?

Lumpa, proceed with caution: Fuzz has juice and can have this thread dissappeared with a snap of his fingers

18: From you link:

"Mr. Bush's spokesman said the Democrats, who met Mr. Bush behind closed doors, listened politely but were ''tentative and silent'' during his 12-minute speech, which was followed by a brief question-and-answer period. But after they emerged from their own strategy sessions, the Senate Democrats warmly praised Mr. Bush for the gracious gesture of showing up."

"behind closed doors" being what you should take from that. Good grief.