SEEKING A WAY FORWARD THE PRESIDENT AND INVITED REPUBLICAN SENATORS COMING TOGETHER FOR DINNER.............

In the aftermath of the onset of the Sequester last Friday Midnight and a Snow storm that has struck the District of Columbia in recent days, President Obama will be sitting down to dinner tonight with twelve Republican Senators including Arizona's John McCain, South Carolina's  Lindsey, Graham, New Hampshire's Kelly Ayotte, and Oklahoma's Tom Coburn.  The dinner gathering comes following phone calls by the President Obama to GOP members of Congress this week, seeking to break the logjam between the White House and the Capitol over the Sequester and other issues of importance to the governance of the nation and find common ground for progressing.  The idea for the dinner meeting was discussed at last week's bi-partisan Congressional Leadership with the President at the White House last Friday.  However Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is not among the twelve Senators attending tonight's dinner.  Those attending are seen as wanting to move the perception of the Republican Party in the ongoing dealings and clashes as being seen as the, "Party of No"; reports "Politico", this morning a comment they attributed to Democratic sources.  A White House official told "Politico", the dinner with twelve Senators is the first effort of a series of interpersonal meetings with Republican members of Congress by the President.  It has also been announced today Obama will hold meetings next week with the Republican caucuses in both the House and the Senate.  I will update the results of all these face to face gatherings in coming days as developments occur and insights warrant.............Ft.  Troy