Obama and McCain got together this morning in Chicago for their first post-election meeting, in which they discussed what they could work on together going forward. As many noted prior to the meeting, it's likely that climate change and energy concerns came up, as Obama had said on the campaign trail that these might be areas where they could work together.
Apparently they only let reporters in for 90 seconds, so there's not much concrete to say about the meeting at this point. But here's the joint statement they put out immediately following their chat:
At this defining moment in history, we believe that Americans of all parties want and need their leaders to come together and change the bad habits of Washington so that we can solve the common and urgent challenges of our time. It is in this spirit that we had a productive conversation today about the need to launch a new era of reform where we take on government waste and bitter partisanship in Washington in order to restore trust in government, and bring back prosperity and opportunity for every hardworking American family. We hope to work together in the days and months ahead on critical challenges like solving our financial crisis, creating a new energy economy, and protecting our nation's security.
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Bob Wallace Posted 5:23 am
17 Nov 2008
The fundies don't like him.
He lost the presidency and has zero probability of a successful run in the future, so the 'power elite' of the party aren't going to pay any attention to him.
He's never been an intellectual power seen as someone who can give wise guidance to the party. He's unlikely to be given the position of respected party elder.
He's damaged good with a lot of the public. His negative campaign against a very popular President-Elect is not likely to be soon forgotten.
I can't see John as having to ability to help in any significant manner.
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jeffgreen11 Posted 10:34 am
17 Nov 2008
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Bob Wallace Posted 11:40 am
17 Nov 2008
That's also might be why Lieberman is being given a pass on his bad behavior.
Franken looks to win and Stephens certainly looks to lose.
It appears that Obama might be doing a good job of working around the non-cooperative members on the far right....
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