Just LOL

Actual Headline: Obama reaches out to liberal groups to shore up Democratic base after tax deal.

Much of the White House's interaction with liberal groups has taken place at a weekly Tuesday meeting at a downtown Washington hotel. The "common purpose" gatherings are closed-door sessions between top Obama aides and officials from dozens of left-leaning interest groups such as unions, youth voting groups, women's organizations, gay rights advocates and civil rights activists. Attendees are required to keep all proceedings secret and off the record.

Some liberals have criticized the gatherings, saying the White House uses the sit-downs to steer the left instead of taking its advice. Jane Hamsher, publisher of the liberal Fire Dog Lake blog, has likened the meeting to being in a "veal pen."

Reach out and shove someone.

I'm no highly-paid Democratic strategist, but it seems to me that the administration's constant need to "reach out and shore up the base" would be significantly diminished if the president stopped governing like a Republican.