Social Errors

by digby

I write in the post below that the Obamas must have made a Big Social Error that got them in trouble with the Village tabbies, and I think this hilariously predictable Mark Halperin observation pretty much confirms it:

In 2008 the country clearly craved new leadership that would sweep into the capital and change the ways of Washington. But politically and personally, the First Couple and their top aides have shown no hankering for the Establishment seal of approval, nor have they accepted the glut of invitations to embassy parties and other tribal rituals of the political class. In the sphere of Washington glitter, the Clintons were clumsy and the Bush team indifferent, but the Obama Administration has turned a cold shoulder, disappointing Beltway salons and newsrooms whose denizens hoped the uber-cool newbies would play.

And here I thought the Obama people had learned the lessons of the Clinton administration. The Villagers will not be ignored.

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