Closed-Door, Open-Tweet Lunch with Obama

By Jason Dick

Posted March 14, 2013 at 2:14pm

Although President Barack Obama’s lunch today with Senate Republicans is closed-door, fear not, curious minds! We’ve got Sen. David Vitter, who’s live tweeting the confab.

Thanks, senator! Good to know that when the president comes to lunch, we don’t have to wait for any pesky read-outs from the mics later!

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