Count me among those who think it's a positive thing that President Obama reached out to Congressional Republicans over the past week. One of the biggest criticisms of the president that has never successfully been rebutted by the White House is his lack of outreach with members of both parties on Capitol Hill. Of course his personality is different than an LBJ or Bill Clinton, but that doesn't mean he shouldn't try harder to communicate with Congress.
But then again, does it really matter that Obama sat down for lunch with Paul Ryan last Thursday (along with House Democrat Chris Van Holland) when Ryan's new budget about to be unveiled calls for balancing the budget in the next 10 years by defunding Obamacare.
