“I want us to talk substantively about how we can move the American people’s agenda forward. It’s not just going to be a photo op,” the president said last week after meeting with his cabinet. “We’ve got a lot of work to do. People are still catching their breaths from the election. The dust is still settling. The one thing I’m absolutely certain of is that the American people don’t want us just standing still, and they don’t want us engaged in gridlock. They want us to do the people’s business, partly because they understand that the world is not standing still.”
President Obama set the bipartisan “Slurpee” meeting for this Thursday, November 18th, and has invited incoming Speaker of the House John Boehner, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Majority Leader Harry Reid, and current House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
The president also invited newly elected governors to the White House for a December 2nd meeting, which will include the addition of several Republican pick-ups from elections this year, including Gov. Christie of New Jersey, and incoming Gov. Rick Scott of Florida.
