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...November discussions, which extended beyondthe dinig room to an informal after-dinner"seminar," allowed the President to solicitreflections on his presidency, says ColumbiaUniversity historian Alan Brinkley, who alsoattended the meeting...
...time we met with the President he wasstill at a low point in his Administration,"Brinkley says. "I suspect that some of hisadvisors were hoping Clinton would be morereceptive to new ideas coming from a group ofscholars than from within the White House...
...Brinkley adds that the ideas articulated by thescholars were new neither to the staffers nor tothe President...
...think that we convinced anyone ofanything they hadn't already been familiar with,or were not in some way already convinced of,"Brinkley says of the dinner and meetings. "ThePresident and his staff simply needed a chance tostep back from the daily pressure of thepresidency and find some persepective...
...Michael spoke about the need for a languagethat transcends the nuts and bolts of everydayliberal politics, one that adds a moral dimensionto the vision," Brinkley says. "Certainly some of[Clinton's] more recent speeches reflect a newawareness of what seems to be his goal: to speakas less of a technocrat and more as a moralleader...