Obama is sending out invites to Hollywood elites for a State Dinner.

EXCLUSIVE: If tradition stands, the details of the guest list will be revealed only a few hours before the Obama administration's first state dinner tomorrow. The welcome for India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will be the biggest social event of the Obama White House. Already the Washington DC press corp is buzzing about the "got-to-be-there" fever. But this first dinner is primarily a thank you to the Obamas' most important political supporters. So I've learned that, among the Hollywood contingent asked to attend, are onetime DreamWorks partners David Geffen, Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg; Sony Pictures Entertainment chairman Michael Lynton; and WME Entertainment Agency co-CEO Ari Emanuel.

Spielberg's inclusion is interesting since he was a muchballyhooed Hillary Clinton supporter during the first months of her primary campaign when she looked like a sure thing, then quietly threw his clout behind Obama after he became the clear winner. But, given that the guest of honor is India's highest ranking statesman, Spielberg's new financial relationship with India's giant corporation Reliance more than explains his presence. Geffen was an early Obama backer who publicly took on the Clintons with pointed criticism at the start of the primary season. Katzenberg was not an early bird, but he became a faithful fundraiser. Both he and Geffen were considered Obama's biggest Hollywood bundlers during the campaign.

Lynton was a longtime supporter primarily because of the influence of his wife Jamie whose Chicago family has longtime political connections to the Obamas. Her mother Joanne Alter, the first female Democrat elected in Cook County, talent-spotted Obama in 2003 and convinced her daughter to support him. As a result, Lynton co-hosted an early fundraiser for Obama’s Senate bid in 2004 in addition to hosting one of the earliest Hollywood campaign events for him when most showbiz types were still supporting Hillary. (Will.i.am, who composed the viral video for the Obama campaign anthem “Yes, We Can,” met the candidate during a fundraiser at the Lyntons' home.)

And Chicago native Emanuel not only was one of Obama's first Hollywood political and financial backers, but, like duh, his brother Rahm is the White House chief of staff. They'll join the President and First Lady and 400 guests in an elaborate tent erected on the South Lawn. As for who has been chosen to provide the evening's entertainment, this White House has shown eclectic taste: Stevie Wonder already has played a concert in the East Room, Marc Anthony already took to the South Lawn for an evening of Latin music, and the Foo Fighters played the Fourth of July party.
http://www.deadline.com/hollywood/obama-thanks-hollywood-with-coveted-invites-to-his-first-white-house-state-dinner/
meanwhile, Overseas....
U.S. Deaths in Afghanistan Hit New High - CBS News
October deadliest month for US in Afghan war - Yahoo! News
Under the failing leadership of Barack Hussein Obama, the number of flag draped caskets grows
Without Bush, media lose interest in war caskets
With the deaths of 8 more U.S. soldiers, PrezBO has solidified his position as the most abject failure as Commander in Chief in U.S. history. Under his watch, more troops have died in Afghanistan this year than in any other year of the conflict, with more dying this year than the first four years of the Bush command combined, and we still have to endure nearly three more months of BHO at the helm in 2009. Troops are dying in record numbers, because he has no apparent plan of action, no identifiable goal to achieve, cutting the military budget, profound lack of leadership and pandering to the liberal media.
The liberal mainstream media has given their chosen one a free pass, by no longer covering the returning soldiers, lest they tarnish his image.
James Earl Carter is smiling, knowing that he will no longer be remembered as the worst President, since BHO has surpassed his record of failures in less than a year.
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