President Obama invites Republicans to dinner to discuss the placement of cruets on the dinner table, whether there should be a dueling banjo affair with Medvedev for the nuclear proliferation debate, and whether Michelle should go blonde. In the past response to the invitations would dwindle on much more paltry subjects as the creation of job losses and the cutting of social security benefits, both of interest to Republicans, who would not share and share alike. The president, feeling lonesome, extended some invitations strategically to Thanksgiving but was turned down by claims that everyone had a family to care for and celebrate with. Always the fighter,Mr. Obama thought Christmas dinner a sure draw due to the promise of Christmas presents but he was also turned down, rumors spread by Republicans that Democratic coffers could only afford sock puppets instead of video games to take home to the children.