Breaking Barriers Over Dover Sole
News flash! Washington's killer partisanship has somehow skipped over two prominent political newbies. What's more, the Capitol Hill odd couple dare to keep their friendship alive. Horrors! Just when you thought bipartisanship was dead, along comes rookie Democratic Sen. Barack Obama and newly minted Republican Party Chairman Ken Mehlman . Seems the two were pals at Harvard Law School in the early 1990s and are still friendly today. Insiders tell us that they traded notes during the 2004 election, when Mehlman managed the Bush-Cheney re-election, and have talked since Election Day. And now they're planning a symbolic dinner at Washington's La Colline, famed for its Dover sole. "Not everything is about partisanship," says Mehlman. "A good dinner with good company transcends party politics any day of the week." Ditto for Obama, though the Illinois senator will be on watch for Mehlman's efforts to woo him to the GOP side. "There aren't enough restaurants and dinners in their lives for that to happen," jokes Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs.
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/politics/whispers/articles/050321/21whisplead.htm#soleFree country and all but does anyone believe that "not everything is about partisanship" for Ken Mehlman? Suppose Hagel or Santorum were in the habit of lunching with Dean? Wouldn't that be bizarre?
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