From Matt Viser, at the Boston Globe:
WASHINGTON – Mitt Romney and President Obama dined together at the White House on Thursday afternoon, attempting to heal campaign wounds over a lunch of white turkey chili and Southwestern grilled chicken salad….
According to the White House, the two former rivals also “pledged to stay in touch, particularly if opportunities to work together on shared interests arise in the future.”…
That’s quality MBA-speak, that is. Or, as Paul Constant puts it: “‘Let’s stay in touch, particularly if opportunities to work together on shared interests arise in the future’ is the new ‘fuck you, you fucking fuck.'”
… Romney was driven to the side door of the White House in a black Lincoln Navigator, but he opened his own car door and stepped out alone. He was within eyesight of a stage being built for the inauguration, but it was for President Obama’s, not his…
Adding perhaps another bit of odd closure to the meeting, Romney launched his campaign by serving large helpings of Ann Romney’s turkey chili to supporters as he launched his campaign in New Hampshire; on Thursday, it was Obama’s turkey chili that was served to him inside the White House…
Don’t forget the chicken salad. President Obama is not at all the sort of man to refer to that old marketing chestnut about chickenshit & chicken salad… out loud.