Hmm maybe he is a new kind of politician.
President-elect Obama is waging a charm offensive on congressional Republicans. In recent days he has personally called at least a dozen ranking GOP members of committees he will need to work with next year.
The highly personal, hands-on approach marks a change for Obama, who has been described as self-contained and aloof and who, on the campaign trail, often seemed more comfortable speaking to large rallies than in intimate settings.
Republicans who spoke with Obama said that the president-elect has called them directly at various times during the day, clearly enunciating his name on voice mail as though they might somehow confuse him with someone else.
I think he wants to get as many people from the GOP on his side whenever he tries to fashion his agenda for the next 4 years. More and more I can see Obama setting himself up as the Democratic Reagan. I have to say that Obama might spell the end of "cage-match" politics as we know it.
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