Amazing how some Conservatives cannot see thur the polite Washington PR games. This is Washington's form of someone you barely know asking "how ya doin". They don't really mean it but they all say this kind of crap. Makes the President "look above politics". I am not willing to declare defeat before the battle is even joined.
"Makes the president look above politics."
Yes, that's right. And that's one reason I don't like it.
The president is as involved in politics as anyone, and should be. Politics simply means fighting for what you believe in. And this quote makes it sound like he's not serious when Specter bytch-slaps him on an extremely important issue, and when he's suffering politically, no less.
I agree, there are times when you make meaningless friendly noises. This is not one of them, not with Specter, not with the krap he pulled the other day.