Politics: A First Mcconnell & Obama One-on-One

[Senate Minority Leader] McConnell confirmed ... that one day earlier, he had had his first ever one-on-one private meeting with Obama at the White House. And he fleshed out what I had gathered from my own earlier visit to the White House and reported in another column, namely, an active interest developing on the part of the president in reaching out to congressional Republicans for help on the 2011-12 agenda.

McConnell said he could foresee alliances with Obama on trade issues, on development of nuclear power and electric vehicles, and, most important, on disciplining the federal budget.

For more, see Mitch Mcconnell Comes to the Senate's Defense by David S. Broder, August 8, 2010, at , at The Washington Post.