the leaders of some of the country s largest counties and municipalities. all have expressed enthusiasm about working with the white house on issues impacting their local communities and families. the intergovernmental affairs office is also preparing the national is preparing for the national governor s association meeting in washington at the end of february. which the president plans to host a dinner. today the president started his day with a breakfast and listening session with small business leaders, a list of attendees is available if you re interested. the meeting comes on the heels of similar listening sessions that the president held last week with some of the country s top business and union leaders and front-line workers. he s made it clear in his first week in office, through numerous executive actions, meetings and listening sessions, that he s fully committed to fighting on behalf of american workers and small businesses. this morning the vice president hosted a breakf
just name another first lady in the history of this country to do something like this on television. fabulous skit. she was truly a good sport. ms. obama s fun times with jimmy fallon got a nod at yesterday s national governors association meeting in washington. here is jack markell speaking directly to president obama. you re probably jealous of the first lady. she s jimmy fallon s trainer. while you, on the other hand, deal with leader reid and speaker boehner. during an appointment at the white house last year, the first lady gave fallon some fitness tips. the president did some social towel snapping, if you will. i want to say thanks to you for being on your best behavior last night. i m told nothing was broken, no silverware is missing.
greeted with the same amount of warmth. the first lady s message was about american entrepreneurialism, it was about children believing their dreams. it s what we can do when we believe in ourselves and believe in love, which is a fairly benign first lady message. but chris, in terms of the map, there are a lot of states in the middle of the country that the obamas are putting in play, whether that s, you know, the southwest, the middle west, i mean, we re not talking about, it s not just a bicoastal america. you re fighting my point. but maybe you re right. i don t think so. let me get back to you, ann hornaday. this cultural connection between the left coast and the democrats, it s pretty pronounced they re in league together. jack nicholson, the ultimate irreverent hollywood guy. i thought it was shocking actually. and i had just written a story that day about the degree to which the campaigning that the studios were doing for the oscars was overlapping with political gamesmansh
counties. it s the games that go on behind the scenes that is really government, democracy in action. i will say this, though, chris, one of the things about argo that offered audiences is a conclusion. it s been so long since we ve had any sort of clear-cut foreign policy win. and that was a messy situation. eight servicemen died. it basically ended jimmy carter s presidency or his reelection bid. but it s presented in this digestible package and it s a clear feel-good movie. zero dark thirty on the other hand, is an incredibly gray movie. kathryn bigelow and mark bull say as much. it left people angry that questions weren t answered or there wasn t a more clear-cut view on torture. lincoln was feel-good because it showed america coming together to end slavery and close a very ugly, bloody chapter in our history. but at is the same time speaks to the dysfunction in washington, which i think makes us all a little queasy. i like seth macfarlane
against the east coast. republicans don t the this. could laura bush have done it? no. if she appeared at the oscars, i don t think she would have been greeted with the same amount of warmth. the first lady s message was about american entrepreneurialism, it was about children believing their dreams. it s what we can do when we believe in ourselves and believe in love, which is a fairly benign first lady message. but chris, in terms of the map, there are a lot of states in the middle of the country that the obamas are putting in play, whether that s, you know, the southwest, the middle west, i mean, we re not talking about, it s not just a bicoastal america. you re fighting my point. but maybe you re right. i don t think so. let me get back to you, ann hornaday. this cultural connection between the left coast and the democrats, it s pretty pronounced they re in league together. jack nicholson, the ultimate irreverent hollywood guy. i thought it was shocking actually. and i had ju