Just as that primary fight is being put into the history books, the winner of that contest, Barack Obama, met last night with the loser, Hillary Clinton, in a scenario tailor-made for a Hollywood movie.
Obama's campaign airplane was filling up with reporters for the trip back to Chicago, where Obama was planning to spend the weekend resting and spending some much needed time with his family. When the candidate didn't get on, reporters started wondering what was going on.
When the media found out he gave them the slip and that he was on his way to a one-on-one meeting with Hillary Clinton, TV trucks high-tailed it to the former first lady's D.C. home. And there they camped out and speculated about what these two candidates were discussing following a long and bitter primary campaign.
Only it turns out...they weren't inside the Clinton house.
Classic political theatre!
Instead, they were holded up inside the Washington-area home of Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) who, according to the New York Times, "...set up two chairs [in her living room] facing each other...served them water...nothing else." Aides to both candidates were sent to Sen. Feinstein's private study and Secret Service agents stayed outside of the meeting room.
What role Feinstein played beyond hostess and what the two former rivals talked about is unknown. And quite frankly, I hope it stays that way. As much as I want to know, the idea - after 16 months of having every word of these candidates recorded and every mishap reported - of the media not being able to report any news from such a major meeting makes me grin from ear to ear.
What a movie this whole episode would make! As Sullivan said this morning:
I have no idea what was said and would one day love to see a Mike Nichols recreation.In an era when Hollywood's creative juices seem to be drying up, a drama this good could do some boffo box office!
